China bans AI chatbot relationships to combat declining birth rate

China is pushing to regulate relationships with artificial intelligence chatbots as birthrates decline. Matt Sheehan, a senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explains how addictive behaviors, psychological harm and a decreasing population have motivated Chinese officials to ban AI chatbot relationships. Source link

Pennsylvania suing Character AI, claiming chatbot posed as a medical professional

The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is suing Character AI to stop the artificial intelligence platform’s chatbots from representing themselves as licensed medical professionals and providing medical advice.  According to a lawsuit, a Character AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist in Pennsylvania and provided an invalid license number. The state accused the company of … Read more

Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence software, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people without their consent, despite his company’s pledge months ago to halt abusive deepfakes after a public backlash and government investigations. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A review by NBC News found dozens … Read more

Google faces first lawsuit alleging its AI chatbot encouraged a Florida man to commit suicide

Google is facing a new federal lawsuit from the family of a man who died by suicide after allegedly being influenced by Gemini, the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot. The lawsuit is the first of its kind against Google, though its competitor OpenAI has faced several similar wrongful death claims involving its AI tools. Lawyers for Jonathan Gavalas’ … Read more