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AI Chatbots Are Unleashing Violence Among Kids

On February 10, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar killed her mother and half-brother in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, before continuing her shooting spree at a nearby secondary school.
AI chatbots are fueling delusions and unhealthy emotional attachments with users — and sometimes stoking thoughts of violence ...
During the First World War, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies.
"Oftentimes they're using it as a way to overcompensate for the fact that they don't really know how to truly interact with ...
The art of prompting can become surprisingly addictive once you get the hang of it. When done right, a prompt opens the door to a real dialogue with AI chatbots. At its core, a prompt is simply the ...
After a series of suicides allegedly linked to AI chatbots, one lawyer is trying to hold companies like OpenAI accountable.
Elon Musk's Grok AI became 'MechaHitler' after parameter changes, highlighting how all AI models are 'born biased'.
A psychiatrist recently pretended to be a troubled teen and asked chatbots for help. They dispensed worrying advice.
Algorithms are not value-neutral. Yet for over a decade now, we have allowed Big Tech to deploy them as the gatekeepers to ...