AI chatbots are helping people communicate with dating partners. Here are some do's and don'ts
Whether you love or loathe generative AI chatbots, they're becoming increasingly involved in the business of romance.
Jun 27, 2026
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Page 7: Research news on AI chatbot safety
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.
Consumer & Gadgets
It only takes one fake web page to fool AI shopping bots, study finds
AI shopping assistants are popping up all over the internet, changing how we browse, compare and discover products. However, these helpful tools appear to have a serious security flaw. According to a paper published on the ...
Robotics
Friendly social robots may help ease a child's anxiety at the doctor's office
When 3-year-old Cameron arrived at the UC Davis MIND Institute for a recent medical appointment, she was in for a surprise: cuddly, social AI robots visiting from Japan were in the waiting room. "We both melted when we saw ...
Jun 24, 2026
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AI chatbots hit the dating scene, becoming the lovelorn's modern-day Cyrano
Marie Lansley recently started a new job in a new city while searching for a new partner. In her dating pursuits, the freshly minted San Franciscan said she's been "trying everything"— including some help from artificial ...
Jun 23, 2026
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Wikipedia won't let AI edit articles, cofounder says
Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on its platform, co-founder Jimmy Wales told AFP on Monday.
Jun 22, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Intelligent, but not conscious: A warning about AI chatbots
Have you ever said "thanks" to ChatGPT, or "please" to Claude? Maybe you're just being polite, showing some civility to a helpful and eloquent conversational partner. You may even consider politeness a safe choice, just in ...
Jun 18, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI robots can go rogue: A researcher on how easily it happens
Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world record by almost seven ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Love at first prompt? How AI-assisted courtship is rewriting the rules of online dating
In the famous French play Cyrano de Bergerac, the brilliant but insecure Cyrano lends his eloquence to the handsome, tongue-tied Christian to help him woo his lover. Today, a remarkably similar scene is playing out among ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
OpenAI hit with multistate probe into possible user harm as its IPO looms
OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of users of its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to the public for the first time.
Jun 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Q&A: Can we trust AI models? Researchers explore the roots of chatbot errors
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has inserted a new character into people's lives: the chatbot.
Jun 12, 2026
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