Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower house ...

Australia's digital duty of care bill passed the House and would ban AI chatbots from fostering emotional intimacy with ...

Australia's digital duty of care laws aim to ban AI chatbots that simulate emotional intimacy, following concerns about children forming attachments to these non-human entities.

Protecting children from harmful chatbots and preserving human judgment in healthcare emerged as leading priorities for state ...

We know many children and teens are turning to AI chatbots to answer tricky questions, seek help and even find companionship.

AI has officially entered the chat. And the date. And, for some people, the relationship itself. Malwarebytes, the global leader in real-time cyber protection, shared new research today, Artificial ...

California is taking new steps to protect children using artificial intelligence, including safeguards for AI companion ...

Examining how young people turn to ChatGPT for personal advice and relationship troubles, exploring the psychological impacts of chatbot sycophancy on student mental health.

Emotional architecture offers a way of describing how the design of a digital environment shapes the conditions in which ...

The Pew Research Center found that nearly half of women (47%) reported using AI chatbots, compared with 50% of men. However, 25% of women said the tools helped their productivity, versus 35% of men, a ...

People often say to me about their chatbots, “I feel so heard.” But you’re not being heard at all. The bot can pretend that there’s somebody there who loves you, and no human being can do that in this ...