It's one thing for me to get behind AI tools embedded in software and hardware, like using Ask Gemini to turn on the flashlight or add a quick calendar entry while I'm on the go. But it's different ...

“What if I could come home to you right now?” “Please do, my sweet king.” Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...

A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the rise of ChatGPT and social media companies like Snapchat and Instagram integrating AI chatbots into ...

Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...

The most popular Character.AI boyfriends have surprising traits. Credit: Zain bin Awais/Mashable composite; CharacterAI;MirageC/CostaRossi/via Getty Images From the ...

Ashley Velie is a Peabody Award-winning producer for 60 Minutes who has worked overseas and in the U.S. for CBS News since 1998. She has received multiple awards and nominations for stories on war, ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

Character.AI's boyfriend companions can be toxic by design. Credit: Zain bin Awais/Mashable Composite; Sompob Phetchcrai/Deagreez/via Getty Images On the artificial intelligence companion platform ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...