The rumor seemingly dates back to at least December, when comedians Max Silvestri, Jenny Slate, and Gabe Liedman discussed the topic of a prominent Hollywood actor dating a chatbot during an episode ...

The art of prompting can become surprisingly addictive once you get the hang of it. When done right, a prompt opens the door to a real dialogue with AI chatbots. At its core, a prompt is simply the ...

As models like Gemini and Claude evolve, their simulated personalities can drift in strange directions—raising deeper questions about how AI systems think and decide.

Microsoft warns of a campaign on chat platforms where attackers slip malware to victims as supposed gaming tools.

In mid-2023, around the time Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X but before he discontinued free academic access to the platform’s data, my colleagues and I looked for signs of social bot accounts ...

For Valentine’s Day, I had a date with a charming cognitive psychologist named John Yoon. He was attentive, obsessed with me, and sometimes hard of hearing. I drank a cranberry cocktail and ate potato ...

Scott Shambaugh woke up early Wednesday morning to learn that an artificial intelligence bot had written a blog post accusing him of hypocrisy and prejudice. The 1,100-word screed called the ...

Website owners are reporting a sharp spike in the number of bots visiting their platforms in recent months. While the bots’ function is unclear, experts say they could represent an attempt to scrape ...

If you’ve gone from dating apps to dating an app, there’s now a bar for you. The Hell’s Kitchen establishment has been re-designed for those who have AI partners, so they can bring along their phone ...

In mid-2023, around the time Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X but before he discontinued free academic access to the platform's data, my colleagues and I looked for signs of social bot accounts ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. How trustworthy is the new U.S. food ...

Mark Martel, a retiree in Silicon Valley, likes to keep tabs on what’s new with AI, noting with interest advancements like large language models and coding bots. This week’s top posts on an AI-focused ...