Remember when the iPhone first came out? It was 2007 and early smartphone adopters jumped at the opportunity to take advantage of the novel technology. Yet, these early adopters represented a tiny ...

The AI industry will tell you it wants to make AI chatbots more ‘human.’ Why? Because tricking you into a state of hyper-attention is good for business.

A few minutes with a chatbot may be enough to make it seem more mind-like. New research explores why humans start seeing ...

Chatbots are marketed as great companions, able to answer any question at any time. They’re not just tools, but confidants; they do your homework, write love notes, and, as one recent lawsuit against ...

I rina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Chatbots are here, integrated more and more into many people’s ...

Though AI chatbots are increasing in skill and work quality, they are not yet immune to misinformation.