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A new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking, especially in vulnerable people.A summary of existing evidence on…

On a quiet evening in her Abuja hotel, Joy Adeboye, 23, sits on her bed clutching her phone, her mind racing and chest tightening. On her…

Surveys are a cornerstone of social-science research. Over the past two decades, online recruitment platforms — such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, Prolific, Cloud Research’s Prime Panels…

The EU has threatened to take action against the social media company Meta, arguing it has blocked rival chatbots from using its WhatsApp messaging platform.The European…

OpenClaw is an open-source artificial-intelligence agent designed to assist users with everyday tasks, such as sending e-mails and managing their calendars.Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettyThe…

LLMs greatly improved physicians’ diagnostic accuracy.Credit: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via GettyLarge language models (LLMs) can pass postgraduate medical examinations and help clinicians to make diagnoses, at least…

In the months leading up to last year’s presidential election, more than 2,000 Americans, roughly split across partisan lines, were recruited for an experiment: Could an…

Teenagers should not use artificial intelligence chatbots for mental health advice or emotional support, warns a report released Nov. 20 by Stanford University’s Brain Science Lab,…

AI’s inclination to be helpful affects many of the tasks that researchers use LLMs for.Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/GettyArtificial intelligence (AI) models are 50% more sycophantic than humans,…

Turning to AI chatbots for personal advice poses “insidious risks”, according to a study showing the technology consistently affirms a user’s actions and opinions even when…