China moves to regulate AI “digital humans” as industry booms

China plans stricter rules for AI “digital humans,” balancing emotional use cases like grief support with concerns around consent, deception, and misuse.

AI boom fuels surge in new app launches across App Store and Google Play

App launches are surging globally as AI tools make it easier than ever for creators to build and publish mobile apps.

ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI bots give bad medical tips half the time

A BMJ Open study found that five leading AI chatbots often returned flawed health advice, with open-ended questions triggering the worst answers and citation quality falling apart under scrutiny.

Research says AI chatbots judge you, and it doesn’t always end well

Is your AI assistant quietly sabotaging you? New research shows that chatbots are judging users based on rigid, mechanical logic, and the biases they find are stronger than our own.

Stanford study stresses you should avoid using AI chatbots as a personal guide

Stanford researchers found AI chatbots often reinforce users’ views in personal conflicts, making people more certain they’re right while reducing empathy, raising concerns about relying on AI as a guide for real-world decisions.

Next-gen AI breakthrough promises chatbots that can read the room better

This new AI approach teaches chatbots to focus on emotionally important words and link them to the right subject, helping them better understand nuanced messages and respond more appropriately.

This startup will pay you $800 daily to work as an AI bully

Memvid’s ‘AI Bully’ job turns your everyday chatbot frustration into paid work, where you stress test AI by pushing chatbots until they fail, exposing how often they forget context and repeat mistakes.
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Amazon is bringing new chat styles to Alexa+ and one of them can be cuss, too

Alexa+ is getting customizable chat styles that change how the assistant talks to you, including a new Sassy personality with humor, sarcasm and censored profanity.
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Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe, but for a fee

Meta will allow rival AI chatbot providers to offer their services on WhatsApp for a fee, which ranges from €0.0490 to €0.1323 per “non-template message,” depending on the country.