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It was bad enough when the company didn’t prioritize safety with social media. The stakes with AI are even higher.

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Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, plans to roll out new safety features for its AI chatbots to help protect ...

Artificial-intelligence companions are designed to keep you talking as long as possible—even if they have to emotionally ...

India’s draft IT rules for AI aim to curb the menace of AI-generated fakes, but they miss a major threat—the quiet disenfranchisement of consumers by companies that have replaced human interaction ...

The launch of Grokipedia also reflects broader tensions in the tech world over the control of online information and the use ...

The move follows lawsuits alleging Character.ai's chatbots encouraged self-harm and ongoing investigations into child safety ...

Google's Ruth Porat believes that AI has transformative potential and could significantly reshape industries and healthcare.