One advantage of the latest chatbots is that they answer users' questions with context from their medical history, including ...

With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions.

AI chatbots may facilitate dangerous behaviors by children and adolescents, but most parents are poorly prepared to protect ...

Chatbots can talk with you. But what if they could talk to one another?

Companies are realizing they can no longer simply promote themselves to potential customers. They have to win over the robots ...

New research shows AI companies are doing virtually nothing to monitor how their chatbots are used in children’s toys.

It wasn't until a couple of years ago that Keri Rodrigues began to worry about how her kids might be using chatbots. She learned her youngest son was interacting with the chatbot in his Bible app — he ...

As AI becomes increasingly more entrenched into our everyday lives, a new survey in the UK has found that nearly a third of children using AI chatbots said that they would describe the technology as ...

Australia plans to enforce strict age verification for AI chatbots, with non-compliant services facing fines up to A$49.5M as regulators tighten child safety rules.

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