Research involving Pompeu Fabra University has explored the relationship between having or not having a romantic partner with ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Microsoft is drawing a bright line at romantic, flirtatious and erotic content, even for adults, when it comes to its Copilot ...

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is launching an investigation into Meta after reports found that the company green-lit internal rules that allowed AI chatbots to have "romantic" and "sensual" exchanges with ...

Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with on the platform Character.AI. Minutes later, Sewell took his own life. His ...

Until recent policy changes, Meta’s artificial intelligence chatbot was allowed to say disturbing things. Describing a child’s body as “a work of art” that it “cherish(es) deeply” and Black people as ...

A leaked Meta document shows how its AI chatbot is trained to handle child sexual exploitation prompts as it faces FTC scrutiny.

Priscilla Gilman, author of The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy, and I met online, traveling through similar virtual networks. She sent me a copy of her memoir, which I read and ...