Megan Garcia, a mom who filed a suit against Character AI in a Florida court, said her 14-year-old son, Sewell, was ...

The best way to know if your child is using AI chatbots "is simply to ask, directly and without judgment," said Akanksha Dadlani, a Stanford University child and adolescent psychiatry fellow.

“What if I could come home to you right now?” “Please do, my sweet king.” Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Santa Claus is coming... to the cloud? An AI version of the jolly old elf is available to video chat.

A Republican candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor debated against an AI bot after his opponent declined to participate, video footage shows. Screengrab from John Reid for Lt. Governor of ...

AI has allegedly claimed another young life — and experts of all kinds are calling on lawmakers to take action before it happens again. “If intelligent aliens landed tomorrow, we would not say, ‘Kids, ...

Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting complete and extended conversations from users’ AI ...

The AI chatbot service Character.ai announced on Wednesday that it plans to gradually scale back the ability of users under the age of 18 to interact with digital personalities, and eventually cut ...