Generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT has arrived in classrooms and sparked an intense debate about its role in education. These technologies raise the fundamental question of which ...

Denmark’s government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Oct. 28 seeks to forbid companies from providing minors with access to artificial intelligence chatbot companions such as Character.ai and Replika. The ...

Why are kids saying “six-seven”? Well, what a question. If you’ve been anywhere near the internet or a member of Generation Alpha in the past few weeks, you’ll be all too familiar with the phrase. But ...

Halloween is only days away, and parents and children are flooding stores in search of the best costumes and the scariest monster, vampire and ghoul decorations. But the author of new children's book ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking ...

Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting with the technology. The company, known for its vast ...

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...