As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a breakneck speed, custom chatbots are no longer reserved for big companies with a dedicated team of coders. In 2025, AI chatbots are being used ...

A Florida mom is suing Character.ai, accusing the artificial intelligence company’s chatbots of initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teenage son and encouraging him to take his own ...

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits, from writing stories to generating images, to build ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide to help you decide which is right for you.

Chloe Samaha wasn't trained to write software. But she and her partner at their San Francisco-based startup BOND got a working version of a new online productivity manager and website up and running ...

A viral video which shows three different chatbots speaking in their own "secret language" has amassed hundreds of thousands of views across various social media platforms. The clip shows three ...

Near the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, there is a sculpture known as Kryptos. It has been there since 1990 and contains four secret codes—three of which have been solved. The final one has ...

Mr. Mowshowitz writes a newsletter about artificial intelligence. We increasingly rely on artificial intelligence chatbots as tools to understand the world. Some are already replacing internet search ...