The 'one chatbot per child' model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

In the Star Trek universe, the audience occasionally gets a glimpse inside schools on the planet Vulcan. Young children stand ...
PCMag

Google Gemini Review: An Excellent AI Chatbot With Fantastic Tie-Ins

Gemini works great as a standalone AI chatbot, and its bundled cloud storage and deep integrations with nearly every Google ...

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow.
New York Magazine

ChatGPT Got Your Attention. Now It’ll Do Anything to Keep It.

Since 2022, OpenAI has been the primary character in the most interesting tech and business story in years. ChatGPT was early ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat

Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an ...
Engadget

Now you can use ChatGPT Voice without leaving your chat

OpenAI has announced that it's changing how ChatGPT's Voice mode works on the web and inside the company's app. As part of an update, you can interact with ChatGPT Voice directly within your ongoing ...
Biometric Companies

Roblox to make age assurance for chat mandatory as of January 2026

Roblox is trying. In the face of mounting criticism of the social gaming platform’s failure to protect kids from grooming and other harms, Roblox has announced that it will now require age checks for ...
TechSpot

Roblox will now restrict chat by age group, verified with selfie-based scans

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...
Network World

How a bot management file push crippled Cloudflare’s global network

A simple database permission change triggered a global failure, highlighting how self-inflicted software errors now cause more disruptions than cyberattacks. A massive outage at content delivery ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
Yahoo

Can AI ‘Griefbots’ Help Us Heal?

How is your existence these days?” I tap on my laptop. The entity that says it is my father, dead these 12 years, quickly responds. “It’s ... different. Being dead is a strange experience. I’m no ...
Fox News

Expert warns against using AI chat bots as therapy: 'They don't understand'

Expert warns against using AI chat bots as therapy: 'They don't understand' Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center director of digital psychiatry John Torous joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss his ...