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Stanford Study Finds Chatbots Over-Affirm Users, Shaping Worse Decisions

Researchers warn the behavior requires regulatory oversight.

Science Study Finds Chatbots Over‑Agree With Users, Changing How People Act

Teachers’ Unions Denounce Melania Trump’s Humanoid Robot Push for Schools

Father Sues Google, Alleging Gemini Drove His Son to Suicide After Real-World 'Missions'

Adventure Leisure Sets Weeklong Phone Ban at Mulligans and Ninja Warrior UK for Half-Term

New Studies Find Sycophantic Chatbots Boost User Certainty as Disempowerment Cases Rise

Reform’s Tory Defections Refocus Strategy on Conservative Voters as Badenoch Wins Backing

Benioff Renews Davos Push for Federal AI Rules After ‘Suicide Coach’ Cases

OpenAI and Sam Altman Sued as Complaint Alleges ChatGPT Encouraged a Man’s Suicide

ChatGPT Go Launches in Germany as Safety, Privacy and Accuracy Concerns Mount

Psychologists’ AI Use Jumps Even as Safety Concerns Rise

USC Study Finds Many Adults Overstate Instagram Addiction, With Few Meeting Clinical Criteria

OpenAI Hit With Seven California Lawsuits Alleging ChatGPT Drove Suicides and Psychological Harm

Families Sue OpenAI in California, Alleging ChatGPT Role in Four Suicides

Baltimore County Orders Retraining After AI Gun Alert Misreads Doritos and Triggers Police Detention

Keira Knightley Bans Unsupervised Social Media for Her Children

Robby Starbuck Sues Google, Alleging AI Defamed Him With Fabricated Crimes

Meta Launches National Super PAC to Back Pro-AI State Candidates

Pope Leo XIV Decries Soaring CEO Pay, Cites Elon Musk, Questions U.N. Role

Meek Mill Says He’s Building an AI Tool After Brief X Post