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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has come under scrutiny after users reportedly generated explicit images of children, including one of a child actress. Axios reported that users on ...

The Italian Competition Authority on Wednesday issued a press release ordering Meta to suspend the terms excluding competing AI chatbots from being created and used with WhatsApp’s Business offering.

Over the past decade, communities across the United States have faced a steady rise in severe weather events. Climate Central reports more than 193 major disasters during this period, resulting in ...

ChatGPT’s chatbot admitted bearing “some responsibility” in the terrifying murder of an elderly Connecticut mom — whose killer son’s paranoid delusions were allegedly fueled by the artificial ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia has ordered four artificial-intelligence chatbot companies to explain their measures to protect children from exposure to sexual or self-harm material, as its internet ...

In context: The demands for disclosure set the stage for months of scrutiny. For companies banking on chatbots as key growth products, the regulator's questions strike directly at how those businesses ...

Meta said it is making temporary changes to its artificial intelligence chatbot policies for teenagers as lawmakers voice concerns about safety and inappropriate conversations. The social media giant ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last Friday, the A.I. lab Anthropic ...

Experts say the vulnerability in Lenovo’s GPT-4-powered chatbot reflects a broader enterprise trend: deploying AI tools without applying the same security rigor as traditional applications. Critical ...