A new study found that chatbot use appeared to worsen symptoms of mental illness in people struggling with an array of conditions, adding to a rising consensus among medical experts that interacting ...

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This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...

Work and ideas can be boosted using AI, specifically AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini. Here are eight useful ChatGPT commands. 1. Ask the chatbot to simplify complex ideas. Prompt: "Explain [topic] ...

AI chatbots feed off your data. In most cases, it's used to personalize future responses, but some companies use the information to train their AI. Others sell that data to advertisers. On ChatGPT, ...

Chatbots can sound reassuring and comforting. They're designed to. But they aren't trained to be mental health providers. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and ...

A new study from the Pew Research Center finds teenagers think chatbot-assisted cheating has become “a regular feature of student life.” A new study from the Pew Research Center finds teenagers think ...

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will ...

There’s a wide gap between parents’ estimates of their teenagers’ AI chatbot activities and actual usage, according to new polling data. A majority of teens in the U.S. — 64 percent — indicated they ...

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With the abundance of AI chatbots that have emerged over the past several years, we wanted to get an idea of what our readers are using and why. Our most recent poll included many of the most popular ...