Consumer & Gadgets

Artificial intelligence expert weighs in on the rise of chatbots

What if a chatbot comes across as a friend? What if a chatbot extended what could be perceived as intimate feelings for another? Could chatbots, if used maliciously, pose a real threat to society? Santu Karmaker, assistant ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Microsoft Bing AI ends chat when prompted about 'feelings'

Microsoft Corp. appeared to have implemented new, more severe restrictions on user interactions with its "reimagined" Bing internet search engine, with the system going mum after prompts mentioning "feelings" or "Sydney," ...

Machine learning & AI

Q&A: Three questions on ChatGPT and medicine

Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT is a chatbot that can not only engage in human-like conversation, but also provide accurate answers to questions in a wide range of knowledge domains. The chatbot, created by the firm OpenAI, ...

Internet

China's Alibaba joins global chatbot race

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it was working on a rival to ChatGPT, joining a flurry of global tech firms rushing to match the popular AI-powered chatbot.

Internet

AI search engines can now chat with us, but glitches abound

Nearly a quarter-century after Google's search engine began to reshape how we use the internet, big tech companies are racing to revamp a familiar web tool into a gateway to a new form of artificial intelligence.

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