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AI for breakup texts? How 'sycophantic' chatbots are messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems' sycophantic responses could be messing with the way people handle social dilemmas and ...

AI has already fallen into the wrong hands and they’re using it to make bombs

Researchers say popular AI tools have reportedly been misused by terrorist groups despite built-in safeguards, highlighting ...
Science Daily

Researchers say AI chatbots may blur the line between reality and delusion

A new study suggests AI chatbots may do more than spread misinformation — they can actively strengthen a user’s false beliefs. Because conversational AI often validates and builds on what users say, ...
The New York Times

What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots

Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness. Quentin first downloaded a character chatbot when he was 13. He ...
Pew Research Center

Why don’t people use chatbots?

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore how Americans use and view artificial intelligence (AI). The ...
WBUR

Many people now trust AI with their feelings. And therapists want to talk about it

Suzi Sanford sat at a desk in a cozy nook of her bedroom and let her feelings flow out her fingertips. She typed back and forth, in "conversation" with Claude — the generative artificial intelligence ...
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AI is messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems' sycophantic responses could be messing with the way people handle social dilemmas and interpersonal conflicts, a new study suggests. Scientists found that when AI ...