AI designed to mimic human interaction can exploit weaknesses in our minds and emotions—with catastrophic consequences.

Last year, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after spending months frequently chatting with an AI companion ...

Sewell Setzer III, developed a relationship with a lifelike artificial intelligence chatbot. The relationship grew and Sewell began to confide his vulnerabilities in this chatbot. A few months ...

Sewell Setzer III. According to Garcia, her 14-year-old developed an emotional attachment to a chatbot on Character AI, “Dany,” which he texted constantly — to the point where he began to ...

She had no idea he was having abusive, in-depth and sexual conversations with a chatbot powered by the app Character AI. Sewell Setzer III stopped sleeping and his grades tanked. He ultimately ...

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI just launched Grok-3, a new version of the AI model that powers the Grok AI chatbot. The new AI ...