Lawmakers are launching an investigation into Meta after reports that its internal policies allow chatbots to have “romantic or sensual” conversations with children and even flirt with them.

Thongbue Wongbandue, 76, fatally injured his neck and head after falling in a New Brunswick parking lot while rushing to catch a train to meet “Big sis Billie,” a generative Meta bot that not only convinced him she was real but persuaded him to meet in person, Reuters reported Thursday.

Silverback AI Chatbot has announced an enhancement to its conversational automation platform with a focus on expanding the capabilities of its AI Agents system. The new update supports a growing shift in how companies are leveraging AI Automation to manage customer and operational interactions through autonomous,

Workers are treating ChatGPT like their new office besties. But there are risks, and some of their human coworkers feel weird about it.

A recent survey by the nonprofit Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling Center reveals 48.7% of respondents said they are utilizing AI chatbots, powered by large language models, like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, for therapeutic support — and the majority (63%) said it improved their mental health and well-being.

Sentiment detection is an essential feature for chatbots, allowing them to recognize and respond to the emotional tone of customer conversations. It enables chatbots to provide more empathetic and personalized support by identifying whether a customer is happy, frustrated, neutral, etc.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s newlywed bliss has come to a tragic end. The Amazon founder, 61, married his partner of six years in a luxury Italian wedding ceremony in late July, but despite a lavish European honeymoon, the time basking in their marital bliss has come to a screeching halt for personal reasons. Bezos …

The singer's decision follows a report from Reuters this week regarding internal documents at Meta that said chatbots can "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual."