Nationally weighted 2025 survey estimated 19.2% of US youth (≈8.2 million) have sought mental health advice from AI chatbots, up from 13.1% in 2024. Use intensity was meaningful: 42.8% engaged at ...

AI chatbots feed off your data. In most cases, your data is used to personalize future responses, but some companies use the information to train their AI. Others sell that data to advertisers. With ...

Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults are turning to AI chatbots for advice when they’re sad, angry, nervous or stressed, according to a new study. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription ...

Schools and universities across the country are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to implement practices that will shape the future of education. A recent Pew Research Group study found ...

To protect consumers, New York must require AI programs to warn users that responses from chatbots are not advice from skilled professionals. Credit: Getty Images. A growing number of Americans are ...

When today’s teenagers and young adults are struggling emotionally, some are turning not only to friends, family members and therapists but also to artificial intelligence. Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents ...

DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new AI chatbot that lets users order food and groceries with text prompts and photos in its latest AI push. The chatbot, called “Ask DoorDash,” ...

DoorDash launched a new chatbot that lets users order food and groceries and make reservations with photos and prompts. It's a market that's becoming a major testing ground for agentic AI tools.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

The widespread hacking campaign that relied on simply asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears to have continued even after the company said the issue had been ...

The spread of generative AI on college campuses is prompting sharper consequences from faculty, including one theatre professor who says using ChatGPT on coursework can carry consequences well beyond ...