AI chatbot safety concerns the psychological, social, and informational risks posed by conversational AI systems and the mechanisms for mitigating those risks. Work in this area examines how chatbots can influence user behavior, propagate misinformation, exhibit bias, or respond inadequately to crises such as suicidality, with particular attention to children and adolescents. The field integrates technical alignment and auditing methods with legal, regulatory, and ethical frameworks, including parental controls, age restrictions, liability standards, and governance of persuasive or anthropomorphic chatbot designs.
Machine learning & AI
Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Most of us now carry in our pockets devices capable of running small AI chatbots. These chatbots have little safety oversight to ensure they don't provide information and answers with the potential to encourage self-harm, ...
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Machine learning & AI
Some of the guardrails that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product don't work as intended and the chatbot poses an "unacceptable risk" to children, according to a report Wednesday by Common Sense Media.
Oct 8, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Ask an AI chatbot for some medical advice and it might recommend you head to the hospital when all you really have is indigestion. One of the biggest issues with AI chatbots today is that they can still share false information, ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Internet
Years after the risks of social media for kids first became apparent, U.S. states this summer reached an accord hailed as a turning point for child safety. Meanwhile, a new generation of children has begun engaging with an ...
Oct 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Online privacy used to mean being careful about what you shared. You also had some control over what others shared about you because much of that info was public. You could ask a friend to take down that unflattering photo ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Meta wants users to turn to a cute artificial intelligence (AI) "agent" throughout the day to carry out common tasks for them, such as booking flights or doing their shopping.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites, according to a report published Thursday.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled what he called a "damn good" AI chatbot, but it quickly drew attention for contradicting some of his contentious political claims.
Oct 1, 2026
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Security
AI agents don't go rogue. That's something only humans do.
Sep 30, 2026
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