A commercial featuring a frazzled father turning to Gemini for parenting tips inspired me to test whether the AI had any ...

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized ...

Two families in Texas are suing the startup Character.AI and its financial backer Google, alleging that the platform's AI characters sexually and emotionally abused their school-aged children ...

In the face of piling controversy — and a second lawsuit concerning the welfare of children — Google has taken pains to ...

Google is releasing a new open model family, PaliGemma 2. Experts are concerned about its emotion recognition capabilities.

After a troubling October lawsuit accused Character.AI (C.AI) of recklessly releasing dangerous chatbots that allegedly caused a 14-year-old boy's suicide, more families have come forward to sue ...

A new AI ‘reasoning’ model called “Gemini” allows users to view the AI’s thought process as it answers questions.

A chatbot told a 17-year-old that murdering his parents was a "reasonable response" to them limiting his screen time, a lawsuit filed in a Texas court claims. Two families are suing Character.ai ...

Content warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Two families in Texas are suing the startup Character.AI and its financial ...