The AI era has been dominated by ChatGPT. It seems, however, that Google's Gemini has finally found its footing. Imad was a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, ...

An artificial-intelligence startup and Google have agreed to settle several lawsuits with families of teenagers who killed or harmed themselves after interacting with the startup’s chatbot, ...

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Artificial intelligence chatbots are no longer a novelty for U.S. teenagers. They’re a habit. A new Pew Research Center survey of 1,458 teens between the ages of 13 and 17 found that 64 percent have ...

Chatbots are marketed as great companions, able to answer any question at any time. They’re not just tools, but confidants; they do your homework, write love notes, and, as one recent lawsuit against ...

A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most misinformation. In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, ...

Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, ...

To use some technical business parlance, Unity has had an absolutely shocking few years. After establishing itself as the near-de facto game engine for indie and mid-tier developers in the 2010s, it ...

Unity is bringing its new in-app purchase SDK to Unreal Engine developers. Those devs will be able to handle cross-platform purchases using Unity's in-app purchase APIs. "Today we’re announcing that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI-generated chatbot to compete with the likes of Grok and ChatGPT, but the program has ...

The technology is used by more than 70% of teenagers in the U.S. Character.AI, one of the leading platforms for AI technology, recently announced it was banning anyone under 18 from having ...

How are people using AI for therapy? A growing number are sharing their anxieties, frustrations, and darkest thoughts with AI chatbots, seeking advice, comfort, and validation from a sympathetic ...