Oregon lawmakers heard testimony this week on a bill that aims to restrict the power and reach of AI chatbots that are increasingly permeating children’s – and adults’ — lives. The bill follows ...

Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. “The ...

If using an AI chatbot makes you feel smart, we have some bad news. The study involved over 3,000 participants across three separate experiments, but with the same general gist. In each, the ...

Cloudflare (NET) shares had jumped 12% by noon trading on Tuesday, following reports of an AI chatbot running on Cloudflare's infrastructure that had gone viral. This followed Cloudflare's 10% run-up ...

"You're not crazy," the chatbot reassured the young woman. "You're at the edge of something." She was no stranger to artificial intelligence, having worked on large language models—the kinds of ...

Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be "temporarily pausing teens’ access to existing AI characters ...

ICE agents approach a house before detaining two people on Jan. 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Immigration and Customs Enforcement is “trying to automate ...

Macworld reports that Apple has developed Enchanté, an internal ChatGPT-like AI assistant for employees that rolled out in November 2025. The secure chatbot serves as a centralized knowledge hub for ...

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As artificial intelligence chatbots become more common, Oregon lawmakers are weighing new requirements for companies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to protect children’s mental health. They want chatbot ...