Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks

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

How to pick between ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more - what's the right AI chatbot for you?

Prompts: A prompt is simply what you type into an AI chatbot. You can just chat normally, like you would to a friend. But ...
CNET

Vibe Coding as a Non-Coder: 6 Ways I Found to Have More Fun and Better Luck Creating With AI

My coding skills leave something to be desired. I never stuck with the instructional books and guides long enough to truly create the kinds of apps and programs I wanted to see. AI chatbots powered by ...

ChatGPT could soon get a power tool that will forever change how AI works for you

ChatGPT could soon embrace an open standard that will let users create custom one-word shortcuts for repetitive tasks, and ...
CyberGuy

5 Best apps to use on ChatGPT right now

Discover the 5 best ChatGPT apps, including Apple Music, Canva and Expedia, plus how to use them safely and get more done faster.
Scientific American

Teen AI Chatbot Use Surges, Raising Mental Health Concerns

Artificial intelligence chatbots are no longer a novelty for U.S. teenagers. They’re a habit. A new Pew Research Center survey of 1,458 teens between the ages of 13 and 17 found that 64 percent have ...
Nature

Why universities need to radically rethink exams in the age of AI

Vitomir Kovanović is a professor in learning analytics and associate director of research excellence and communication at the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), University of South ...
IGN

Where Winds Meet Players Are Using the 'Solid Snake Method' to Trick AI Chatbot NPCs Into Skipping Sidequests

Where Winds Meet players are taking a novel approach to solving riddles by… simply telling the game's AI-powered chatbot NPCs that they have solved the game's riddles. The Wuxia open-world ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...
Wall Street Journal

Alarms are Raised on Teens’ Mental Health Chatbot Use

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Katie Deighton: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday, November 21st. I'm ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is How to Create a Custom Chatbot for Your Class

EdCafe’s chatbot is probably one of the best custom chatbots you will find out there. I have tried several custom AI chatbots and have found EdCafe’s a more reliable choice for teachers. By a custom ...
STAT

I spent two hours telling a chatbot about mental health problems. Its responses scared me

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 ...