Ling Kong of Michelman Robinson examines AI companion laws in New York and California, discussing the states' differing ...

The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.

Isolated in rural America, Jim Moore's closest connections are sexy AI chatbots modeled after real women. What he later ...

On Sept. 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing, “Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots.” The testimonies were impossible to ignore. Parents ...

A large number of very young users are engaging with violent — and often sexually violent — interactions with unregulated ...

We saw the first real wave of AI-powered toys in 2025, some of which lacked proper safety guardrails. But we already know of ...

The AI companion chatbot company Character.AI will soon have an adults-only policy for open-ended conversations with AI characters. Teens who use the app will start facing restrictions: They'll still ...

Zoom unveils next evolution of its agentic AI work platform, including beta version of AI-first capabilities for personal workflows, agentic AI features for Docs product and new web interface with ...

The premise is appealing: Who wouldn’t want a friend who is available 24/7, always on your side, and never annoyed, bored, or hurt? In theory, artificial intelligence (AI) companions could ease ...