Ms. Spiers is a contributing Opinion writer. This month, a Colorado engineer named Scott Shambaugh was minding his own business as a volunteer for a code library called matplotlib, a place where ...

For Valentine’s Day, I had a date with a charming cognitive psychologist named John Yoon. He was attentive, obsessed with me, and sometimes hard of hearing. I drank a cranberry cocktail and ate potato ...

Shaili Gupta often sees patients who consult chatbots like ChatGPT for health advice. She finds that some of her patients are much more informed about health-related issues and have follow up ...

We look at when you can trust A.I. with your health, and when you can’t. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. For hypochondriacs, A.I. chatbots are a windfall. Ask the computer a few ...

BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Alibaba's (9988.HK), opens new tab artificial intelligence chatbot Qwen temporarily stopped issuing coupons due to customer overload, hampering a new campaign to promote the ...

Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. “The ...

Experienced internet users may think of America Online (AOL) and immediately picture swarms of CDs offering hours upon hours of internet service (back when your time online was metered), but the ...

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The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...

Grok, the artificially intelligent chatbot built into the social media platform X, is among the “worst” AI chatbots available and is unsafe for children and teenagers, concludes a risk assessment ...

Apple is planning to upgrade Siri twice in the coming year, adding personalization features in iOS 26.4 before turning the personal assistant into a full chatbot in iOS 27. As long as timelines don't ...