If a cybercriminal wants access to a high-profile Instagram account, it turns out all they have to do is ask. “Meta gave zero updates about the AI bot hacking incident until it got to the press,” Wong ...

Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed several users’ accounts to get hacked. The attack appeared to rely on tricking Meta’s own AI-powered support chatbot into granting access to a ...

“Spamalot,” the musical adapted by Eric Idle from the 1975 movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” first opened in Chicago in 2004 and on Broadway in 2005. A national tour of the 2023 revival is ...

Late at night, when anxiety gets louder and reaching out to another person feels like too much, an AI chatbot can seem easy to talk to. It does not judge. It does not interrupt. It answers immediately ...

Recently, a friend from the world of business told me a story. They had a new project and reached out to one of the partners from a different company to get things started, to get things rolling. They ...

Dr. Matthew Leahy, a licensed psychologist, treats adolescents who've developed such an intense relationship with an artificial intelligence chatbot that they stop confiding in their parents.

Last year, a survey from Common Sense Media found 72 percent of teens have used an AI companion at least once. Half are regular users. And it’s not just kids. A 2025 Harvard Business Review article ...

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To help find something in your inbox, you can just ask a question with your voice. To help find something in your inbox, you can just ask a question with your voice. is a senior reporter covering ...

A voice-based generative AI assistant aimed at educating patients with wet age-related macular degeneration about eye injections was found to be helpful to all participants; most rated the AI ...

Georgia’s SB 540, effective July 1, 2027, places the state squarely in the front ranks of chatbot and conversational AI regulation. The law combines mandatory AI disclosures, child safety guardrails, ...