Character AI has filed a motion to dismiss a case brought against it by the parent of a teen who committed suicide allegedly after becoming hooked on the company's technology.

Content warning: this story discusses suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. In October of last year, a Google-backed startup called Character.AI was hit by a lawsuit making an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of its chatbots had driven a 14-year-old high school student to suicide.

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) hold the potential to unlock billions of dollars in value for businesses through more effective and efficient work assisted by AI. Some of the biggest early winners in AI are the companies that make it possible to develop and train large language models,

The inability of Meta's AI chatbot to identify the current president of the United States was elevated to urgent status by the Facebook owner this week, requiring a fast fix, a person familiar with the issue said.

The new AI-powered chatbot at Mahakumbh 2025 is transforming the pilgrimage experience by offering real-time guidance on essential services and locations within a 1 km radius.

Barrett Woodside, co-founder of the San Francisco AI hardware company Positron, said he and his colleagues have been abuzz about DeepSeek.

According to new research a ChatGPT bot took a graduate level course at a South Carolina University and very high scores. No one noticed.

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The founder of GameOn, a San Francisco artificial intelligence startup, has been indicted for running a "brazen and wide-ranging" six-year fraud that cost the company and investors more than $60 million,

It also says that user activity is not logged on GhostGPT and can be bought through the encrypted messenger app Telegram, likely to appeal to criminals who are concerned about privacy. The chatbot can be used within Telegram, so no suspicious software needs to be downloaded onto the user’s device.

Devotees attending Mahakumbh 2025 will now have seamless access to essential services and information, thanks to a revamped AI-based chatbot. The enhanced digital assistant introduces three new features aimed at making the world's largest religious gathering more organized and convenient for millions of visitors.

The news is the latest sign of skyrocketing valuations for privately held AI start-ups, which show growing investor enthusiasm for AI and confidence that companies like Anthropic will justify that valuation over the long term, eventually generating billions in profits.