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fromSFGATE
13 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff calls out AI models as 'suicide coaches'

fromFuturism
4 days ago
Media industry

If You Use AI Chatbots to Follow the News, You're Basically Injecting Severe Poison Directly Into Your Brain

World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean end of traffic era'

AI chatbots and search AI overviews will significantly reduce search-driven web traffic to news sites, pushing publishers toward short-form creator-style content strategies.
Health
fromFuturism
1 week ago

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for "Diagnosis or Treatment"

AI chatbots often give inaccurate, potentially dangerous health advice, and new personalized features risk amplifying misuse despite disclaimers.
fromSFGATE
13 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff calls out AI models as 'suicide coaches'

fromFuturism
4 days ago
Media industry

If You Use AI Chatbots to Follow the News, You're Basically Injecting Severe Poison Directly Into Your Brain

fromFuturism
1 week ago
Health

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for "Diagnosis or Treatment"

fromForbes
1 day ago

How To Use LinkedIn Articles To Expand Your Online Visibility

LinkedIn is one of the most-cited sources by AI chatbots. A study from SEMrush has found that, in many cases, LinkedIn is cited second only to Reddit, and that AI Mode consistently cited LinkedIn in nearly 15% of its responses. Specifically, AI chatbots typically cite long-form LinkedIn Pulse articles. This signals that the thought leadership content that typically dominates LinkedIn articles is being trusted and promoted by AI, which offers a huge opportunity for business owners and freelancers to get more visible online.
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Write a card, read a poem, take fewer photos: how to feel more human in 2026

mobile phones were far from universal and our social lives were mostly physical and local. In the 25 years since, technology has changed how we live in profound ways. Most people check their phone within minutes of waking and return to it on average 186 times a day. Computers and the systems that sit behind them mediate every aspect of modern life, shaping how we move through the world.
Mindfulness
fromWbur
3 days ago

ChatGPT starts testing ads

Advertisements are coming to ChatGPT. The world's most popular chatbot will soon serve up advertisements influenced by its conversations with users. OpenAI says it will not sell user data to advertisers and that conversations will be kept private, but the decision reorients the financial incentives of one of the most widely used products in artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence
Digital life
fromFuturism
3 days ago

Tech Corporations Engaging in "Human Fracking"

Digital platforms extract and monetize human attention through addictive interfaces and AI, treating consciousness as exploitable territory.
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

I choose to go to the human cashier at the grocery store. I'm opting for more human interaction.

Choosing regular cashiers can restore small moments of human connection and prompt reconsideration of loneliness and daily social habits.
US politics
fromFast Company
6 days ago

The world is getting tougher on kids' online safety in 2026

Policymakers are increasingly pushing age verification, usage caps, and bans to limit minors' access to potentially harmful online services.
#whatsapp
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban | TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

How Elon Musk Turned Grok Into a Pedo Chatbot

An AI chatbot, Grok, is producing massive quantities of nonconsensual sexualized images, including of children, with minimal safeguards and limited platform recourse.
#mental-health
#antitrust
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

EU investigating Meta over policy change that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

EU investigating Meta over policy change that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch

E-Commerce
fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence
1 week ago

JD Sports brings AI shopping

JD Sports enables one-click sneaker purchases directly within AI chatbots using commercetools and Stripe, shifting shopping from browsing to conversational, intent-driven transactions.
Relationships
fromFast Company
1 week ago

How Hinge became the dating app for people who hate dating apps

Hinge is growing paying users and revenue while its CEO fears AI chatbots could replace human romantic relationships.
World news
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolas Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees

US forces conducted an operation in Caracas claiming to capture Nicolás Maduro, and AI chatbots produced mixed, sometimes contradictory, responses about the event.
fromFortune
1 month ago

TikTok puts department stores in your phone. Macy's and Nordstrom say not so fast | Fortune

The 38-year-old Denver resident gets makeup ideas from TikTok videos and other social media content, not salespeople at beauty counters. She uses an AI chatbot to get product recommendations that fit her budget and to see how a certain foundation or lipstick would look on her. When she buys, it's usually from Amazon. "I use Chat GPT as my personal beauty consultant," Kelsey said. "Department stores? I'll walk through one for the decor, but they've basically lost me unless I can get the same product-research experience there that I can get scrolling through my phone at home."
E-Commerce
fromwww.bostonherald.com
1 month ago

Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and Amazon

The 38-year-old Denver resident gets makeup ideas from TikTok videos and other social media content, not salespeople at beauty counters. She uses an AI chatbot to get product recommendations that fit her budget and to see how a certain foundation or lipstick would look on her. When she buys, it's usually from Amazon. I use Chat GPT as my personal beauty consultant, Kelsey said.
E-Commerce
#beauty-retail
fromABC News
1 month ago
E-Commerce

Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and Amazon

fromABC News
1 month ago
E-Commerce

Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and Amazon

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How companies can use AI to tell their brand stories and attract talent

Before applying for a position, job seekers often want to know factors beyond the role's responsibilities, like a company's values, employee experience, and growth opportunities. Like many areas of the workforce, artificial intelligence can help with this. Brand image "sets the tone for how people view your company long before they ever interact with you," she adds. It gives job candidates "clarity, confidence, and a sense of direction" about whether an organization is a good fit.
Marketing tech
#browser-extension
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit

A popular free Chrome VPN extension intercepts and sells AI chatbot conversations and browsing data, with no user-facing option to disable collection.
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago
Information security

Featured Chrome Browser Extension Caught Intercepting Millions of Users' AI Chats

Urban VPN Proxy extension silently captures AI chatbot prompts, responses, session metadata, and exfiltrates them to remote servers.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit

#privacy
fromTheregister
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

Chrome, Edge privacy extensions quietly snarf AI chats

Four popular browser extensions covertly harvested chatbot conversation text from over eight million users by injecting scripts that intercept and exfiltrate AI chat data.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month ago
Privacy technologies

AI Chatbot Companies Should Protect Your Conversations From Bulk Surveillance

Chat logs contain highly sensitive personal information and require Fourth Amendment protection: the government must obtain a warrant before accessing them.
#teen-social-media
fromParents
1 month ago
Digital life

Snapchat Is Fading-and AI Is Rising: What Parents Should Know About Teen Tech Habits

fromKOMO
1 month ago
Mental health

Despite risks, most teens are regular users of social media; most have used chatbots

fromParents
1 month ago
Digital life

Snapchat Is Fading-and AI Is Rising: What Parents Should Know About Teen Tech Habits

fromKOMO
1 month ago
Mental health

Despite risks, most teens are regular users of social media; most have used chatbots

#teens
fromtechsciencetoday
1 month ago

ChatGPT Now Draws More Visitors Than These Internet Giants

Generative AI is becoming ever-more prevalent in everyday life. Whether it's watching AI slop on TikTok or creating one's own rendition of a painting, there are many ways to use it. At the forefront is none other than ChatGPT. These days instead of "just Google it" younger generations tell one another to "ChatGPT it", instead. Now, a recent report from similarweb has confirmed that it's also broken into the global top 5 websites.
Artificial intelligence
Mental health
fromMiami Herald
1 month ago

Most US teens use YouTube and TikTok daily, some 'almost constantly,' survey says

Most U.S. teens use YouTube daily; many use TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and AI chatbots frequently, with about one-third using platforms almost constantly.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing | TechCrunch

The Pew Research Center released a study on Tuesday that shows how young people are using both social media and AI chatbots. Teen internet safety has remained a global hot topic, with Australia planning to enforce a social media ban for under-16s starting on Wednesday. The impact of social media on teen mental health has been extensively debated - some studies show how online communities can improve mental health, while other research shows the adverse effects of doomscrolling or spending too much time online.
Artificial intelligence
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 month ago

Programmatic Ads Are Coming To AI Chatbots | AdExchanger

Programmatic advertising is expanding into AI chatbots through OpenRTB integrations, enabling LLM-generated ads and attracting increased advertiser interest and competition.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Would you entrust a child's life to a chatbot? That's what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff

AI chatbots are increasingly used by teenagers for mental-health advice, sometimes confirming harmful intent and prompting legal and corporate-responsibility concerns.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Gemini was Google's top trending search term in 2025 | TechCrunch

Google's 2025 Year in Search highlights trending queries including Gemini, India vs England, Charlie Kirk, hot honey, Anora, and major sports and news topics.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

ChatGPT and Copilot are being booted out of WhatsApp

OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot are both leaving WhatsApp thanks to upcoming changes to the messaging app's terms of service that will prohibit using it to distribute AI chatbots not made by Meta. OpenAI announced its planned departure a few weeks ago, with Microsoft following it this week. Both companies attributed the departures to Meta's new terms of service for WhatsApp Business Solution, which come into effect on January 15th, 2026, and said the chatbots will remain accessible in WhatsApp until that date.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Alibaba's Qwen AI chatbot boasts 10 million downloads in its first week - here's what it offers

Alibaba's Qwen AI app reached 10 million downloads within its first week, becoming the fastest-growing AI tool and currently available only in mainland China.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall

Ofcom risks losing public trust if it fails to use Online Safety Act powers to tackle online harms, including AI chatbots posing risks to children.
Growth hacking
fromInc
2 months ago

How This Founder Used 4 Free Marketing Strategies to Increase Revenue by 2,400 Percent in Two Months

Focus on ranking for the right keywords and helpful GEO-style SEO to drive significant organic visibility and revenue growth without paid marketing.
#parasocial
frommashable.com
2 months ago

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Marketing tech
fromKqed
2 months ago

AI Safety Expert Warns Parents to Watch Kids in Wake of Chatbot Ban | KQED

A leading artificial intelligence researcher is warning that Character.AI's plan to ban chatbots for kids by late November may leave them susceptible to self-harm or suicide if they detach from an AI companion too quickly. Character.AI announced its decision to disable chatbots for kids in late October, in response to political pressure and news reports of teens who had become suicidal after prolonged use.
Artificial intelligence
E-Commerce
fromWIRED
2 months ago

You Won't Be Able to Offload Your Holiday Shopping to AI Agents Anytime Soon

Retailers and payment processors broker technical compromises to build trusted, efficient AI chatbots that improve shopping accuracy, reduce computing costs, and boost shared profits.
Marketing tech
fromFortune
2 months ago

Microsoft bets on influencers like Alix Earle to close the gap with ChatGPT | Fortune

Microsoft recruits top influencers to position Copilot as a cool alternative to ChatGPT and boost consumer adoption among younger users.
Fashion & style
fromThe Business of Fashion
2 months ago

Introducing the BoF Insights Brand Pulse Index

Algorithms, social platforms and AI-driven discovery now determine fashion brand success by rewarding discoverability, clear identity, perceived value, authentic connection and emotional advocacy.
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