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ChatGPT launched group chats globally to all users on 'Free', 'Go', 'Plus', and 'Pro' plans, OpenAI announced on Thursday. This new feature allows users to collaborate with each other and ChatGPT in ...

At Stanford for eight hours on Monday, representatives from Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft met in a closed-door workshop to discuss the use of chatbots as companions or in ...

Frustrated by the medical system, some patients are turning to chatbots for help. At what cost? Credit...Pablo Delcan Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth and Maggie Astor Wendy Goldberg thought her ...

In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth? Credit...Julia Dufosse ...

With the release of its third version this week, Google’s Gemini large language model surged past ChatGPT and other competitors to become the most capable AI chatbot, as determined by consensus ...

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 ...

Facing five lawsuits alleging wrongful deaths, OpenAI lobbed its first defense Tuesday, denying in a court filing that ChatGPT caused a teen’s suicide and instead arguing the teen violated terms that ...

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, ...

OpenAI, known for AI products like ChatGPT, is structured as a hybrid profit organization. Microsoft, having invested $13 billion, is a significant backer but does not own OpenAI. Investors can ...

Warning: This article includes descriptions of self-harm. After a family sued OpenAI saying their teenager used ChatGPT as his “suicide coach,” the company responded on Tuesday saying it is not liable ...

As more people turn to AI chatbots for emotional support and even as their therapists, a new and urgent concern is emerging at the intersection of AI and mental health: "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT ...