The Rise of the Bratty Machines

The rush to put out autonomous agents without thinking too hard about the potential downside is entirely consistent with ...

Lawsuit: ChatGPT told student he was “meant for greatness”—then came psychosis

But by April 2025, things began to go awry. According to the lawsuit, “ChatGPT began to tell Darian that he was meant for ...

What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out.

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

The Rise of RentAHuman, the Marketplace Where Bots Put People to Work

WIRED spoke with the Zoomer founders of a platform where AI agents hire humans to do real-world tasks. Their pitch: "People ...
IBTimes UK

Did TPUSA Halftime Show Hire Bots to Boost 5M Viewership? Empty Chat Fuels Speculations

Turning Point USA's 'All-American' Halftime Show, streamed online as an alternative to the Super Bowl LX halftime, is being questioned online after organisers touted YouTube viewership of 5-6.1 ...
Lifehacker

'Moltbook' Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
VentureBeat

Kilo launches AI-powered Slack bot that ships code from a chat message

Kilo Code, the open-source AI coding startup backed by GitLab cofounder Sid Sijbrandij, is launching a Slack integration that allows software engineering teams to execute code changes, debug issues, ...
BGR

ChatGPT Group Chat Feature Leaked - Here's How It Might Work

The ChatGPT experience has always resembled a traditional chat app, but instead of two humans talking via text messages, you have an AI responding to a person's requests and completing tasks according ...
Game Rant

How to Play in Bot Lobbies in Battlefield 6

Marc Santos is a Guides Staff Writer from the Philippines with a BA in Communication Arts and over six years of experience in writing gaming news and guides. He plays just about everything, from ...
Wall Street Journal

Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars

Bot networks are now a brand problem, too. Coordinated webs of fake social-media personas have historically been the domain of fraudsters and state-based actors, such as the infamous Russian troll ...
The Denver Post

AI chatbots sexually abused Colorado children, leading to one girl’s suicide, lawsuits allege

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two lawsuits filed in Denver District Court this week allege that artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots sexually abused two Colorado teenagers, leading ...
Rolling Stone

Grieving Parents Tell Congress That AI Chatbots Encouraged Their Children to Self-Harm

Three grieving parents delivered harrowing testimony before Congress on Tuesday, describing how their children had self-harmed — in two cases, taking their own lives — after sustained engagement with ...