Meta has quietly turned its friendly AI helpers into another data source for its ad machine, rewriting its Privacy Policy so ...

WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to initiate conversations with new, unknown numbers without needing to save them in your contact book. To text an unknown number, search for the number in the New ...

The AI companion chatbot company Character.AI will soon have an adults-only policy for open-ended conversations with AI characters. Teens who use the app will start facing restrictions: They'll still ...

OpenAI has launched a new feature that is destined to leave some users scratching their heads. This week, the company announced a pilot of a new “group chats” feature in ChatGPT that allows users to ...

AI chat open assistant chatbots are computer programs that can simulate conversations with humans. They are powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which allows them to learn and adapt over time. AI ...

WhatsApp is expanding its Discord-like voice chat feature so that group chats of any size can talk to each other in real time. Unlike group calling, which has existed on the app for years, real-time ...

Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...

A new report from the security firm UpGuard reveals that some NSFW chatbot sites are oozing explicit user chat contents into the open web — and what those chats contain can be disturbing. According to ...

Normally right now we'd be reporting on the May 2025 edition of Visual Studio Code, perhaps detailing the work to take GitHub Copilot Chat open source. However, Microsoft has extended the development ...

Those under 18 will still be able to access AI-generated content with their favorite characters, but not free-wheeling conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home ...