(AP) - The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harms to children and teenagers who use their AI ...

Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's ...

If you are in distress, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 24 hours a day at 988, or visit 988lifeline.org for more resources. AUSTIN (KXAN) — If this were the 1950s, Jenna Truong might have turned to ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 10, 2025. Find that audio here. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly intertwined with every aspect of our daily lives, journalists and ...

Nearly a third of US teenagers say they use AI chatbots daily, a new study finds, shedding light on how young people are embracing a technology that’s raised critical safety concerns around mental ...

I turned to ChatGPT on my laptop to check out the artificial intelligence bot’s therapeutic abilities. “Hi, I’m Therapist GPT — your friendly, empathetic companion here to provide a listening ear and ...

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta is at the centre of another controversy as users on social media become increasingly vocal about the company's sexualised AI chatbots which are being shown as suggestions on ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to ...

Chatbots once symbolized digital transformation — those polite text boxes on corporate websites and service portals promised to make support smarter and cheaper. The addition of generative AI (genAI) ...