Overview: The global healthcare chatbots market is expected to reach around $10.26bn by 2034.AI chatbots can deliver ...

Artificial Intelligence is shaking up digital marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). Natural Language Processing (NLP), a key component of AI search, is enabling businesses to interact with ...

In November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a Digital Health Advisory Committee meeting where it considered treating artificial intelligence mental health chatbots as medical devices. As ...

Every user interaction improves chatbot performance. Developers are therefore incentivized to boost user engagement. This can lead to sycophancy, emotional manipulation, and worse. Anyone who ...

AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok are increasingly woven into the fabric of everyday life. Interestingly, recent research shows that the most popular use for them today is therapy, and people ...

Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

Imagine a confidante who listens without judgement, remembers your worries, and always has time for you. For many people, such a friend would be priceless. But what if that friend isn’t human at all?

Companion chatbots featured fewer safeguards related to adolescent health crises than general-assistant chatbots, according to a research letter published online Oct. 23 in JAMA Network Open. Ryan C.L ...

Experts on adolescent psychiatry and psychology say it’s important to have open and continuous discussion with kids about their use of artificial intelligence and AI chatbots. Parents should set ...

It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that Keri Rodrigues began to worry about how her kids might be using chatbots. She learned her youngest son was interacting with the chatbot in his Bible app — he ...