NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with philosopher James Brusseau of Pace University about the ethics of creating and using artificial intelligence chat bots using a person's voice. Thanks to AI technology, ...

Content warning: this story discusses school violence, sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Should teens be allowed to use human-like AI companions?

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I’m at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. I’m getting an interesting question from many doctors from different specialties, and ...

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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 chatbots powered by artificial intelligence explode in popularity, experts are warning people against turning to the technology for medical or mental health advice instead of relying upon human ...

The Pew Research Center released a study on Tuesday that shows how young people are using both social media and AI chatbots. Pew found that 97% of teens use the internet daily, with about 40% of ...

Thanks to AI technology, there's now a chatbot that can use your voice and sometimes even likeness. And this can be done without your consent. So all of this got me thinking about whether this is ...