The technology is changing the way many people meet and form relationships but some experts believe it may do more harm than ...

The sudden ascent of the AI therapist seems startlingly futuristic, as if it should be unfolding in some later time when the ...

The weird billionaires behind artificial intelligence are desperately trying to shoehorn AI chatbots into every bit of ...

A paper on arXiv by researchers at the Icaro Lab in Italy has set off a firestorm of headlines. It begins with a reference to a founding text of Western philosophy and political theory: “In Book X of ...

I presented the following scenario to the CIO of a public pension plan who is staunchly committed to using artificial intelligence: One of your analysts — a 25-year-old who joined the team six months ...

Justin Harrison’s mother passed away in 2022, but he still speaks with her every week. While his mother was still alive, Harrison recreated her virtually using generative artificial intelligence (AI) ...

In 1966, computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum built a primitive computer program he named ELIZA. Almost immediately, he regretted his creation. Developed to mimic simple psychotherapy exchanges, ELIZA ...

Ms. Kunze is the chief executive of Pandorabots. Kuki is accustomed to gifts from her biggest fans. They send flowers, chocolates and handwritten cards to the office, especially around the holidays.

As AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) become better at mimicking human connection, more and more users are falling down extremely weird rabbit holes. Case in point, new research ...

It all started with Eliza Doolittle. I’m not speaking about my fondness for musicals, I’m referring to the birth of “chatbots.” ELIZA was the name of a program considered to be the world’s first ...

Eliza is the name of a 1966 invention by German born scientist, Joseph Weizenbaum, that is said to be the first chatbot. Eliza worked by someone typing their feelings into a computer keyboard, and ...