Consumer News Relationship Chatbots Come With A Number Of Privacy Risks

AI Chatbots: How to Address Five Key Legal Risks

Companies of all types are deploying chatbots using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). While these tools offer significant ... Read More

FTC probes AI ‘friendship’ chatbots for risks to kids

The FTC has launched a formal study asking several AI‐chatbot companies about how they handle data, safety, and children when these bots act like companions. Firms under scrutiny include big names ... Read More

The complications and risks of relationships with AI chatbots

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized everything from health care to art. It's now filling voids in some personal lives as AI chatbots are becoming friends, therapists and even romantic partners. Read More

FTC to Review AI Chatbot Risks With Focus on Privacy Harms

The US Federal Trade Commission plans to study the harms to children and others of AI-powered chatbots like those offered by OpenAI, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc., according to people ... Read More

Do AI chatbots sell user data? These Pa. lawmakers say state needs privacy protections.

Pennsylvanians should be able to use artificial intelligence chatbots for research, entertainment and advice without worrying that companies will mine their conversations for consumer data, two state ... Read More

AI Chatbots at the Crossroads: Navigating New Laws and Compliance Risks

Chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI chatbots) have become a key area of focus for innovative businesses as well as US lawmakers, regulators and private litigants – both at the state and ... Read More

Using AI chatbots for personal advice poses “insidious risks,” a recent study shows

Turning to AI chatbots that were designed to assist with every question and personal dilemmas may pose “insidious risks” as they may be quietly shaping how people see themselves and others, but not ... Read More

Experts warn parents about AI chatbots and risks to children's mental health

is the Neighborhood News reporter for San Patricio County alongside Victoria Balderama. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Experts in the Coastal Bend and across the state are encouraging parents to be aware of ... Read More

AI Psychosis Risks Rise as Chatbots Blur Reality Boundaries

What happens when a machine built to please begins to distort reality? That is no longer a hypothetical question. Over recent months, psychiatrists, AI ethicists, and grieving families have been ... Read More

Are chatbots linked to teen suicide? WA’s AI Task Force holds meeting on risks

As artificial intelligence chatbots become more ubiquitous, a Washington state task force learned Nov. 7 about the dire effects that such “companions” can have on minors’ mental health. And soon state ... Read More