Texas mom Mandi Furniss sounded the alarm over AI chatbots after she alleged one from Character.AI — one of the leading platforms for AI technology — drove her autistic son toward self-harm and ...

Texas mom says AI chatbot drove autistic son toward self-harm, violent behavior Special needs and safety advocate Mandi Furniss and Social Media Victims Law Center founding attorney Matthew P. Bergman ...

Special needs and safety advocate Mandi Furniss and Social Media Victims Law Center founding attorney Matthew P. Bergman discuss the dangers of AI chatbots after one allegedly influenced Furniss' son ...

Texas mom warns AI chatbot encouraged her teen son toward self-harm and violence against parents. Character.AI faces lawsuit over dangerous interactions with minors.

How OpenAI plans to pay for spending plans that dwarf its revenue is a big question these days. But after suggesting Wednesday that perhaps the government could get involved, the company then walked ...

When OpenAI unveiled its first open-weight models in years this August, it wasn’t just tech companies that were paying attention. The release also excited US military and defense contractors, which ...

The experimental model won't compete with the biggest and best, but it could tell us why they behave in weird ways—and how trustworthy they really are. ChatGPT maker OpenAI has built an experimental ...

You can already buy almost anything with the click of a mouse. Now tech giants are preparing for an AI helper to do even that for you one day. Google, Amazon and OpenAI are racing to add new ...

On Wednesday, OpenAI released GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking, two updated versions of its flagship AI models now available in ChatGPT. The company is wrapping the models in the language of ...