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Even when they have the “right” information, they can lead you astray.

The most popular large language models still peddle misinformation, spread hate speech, impersonate public figures and pose many other safety issues, according to a quantitative analysis from a DC ...

In long conversations, chatbots generate large “conversation memories” (KV). KVzip selectively retains only the information useful for any future question, autonomously verifying and compressing its ...

Gaslighting, false empathy, dismissiveness –these are some of the traits AI chatbots displayed acting as mental health counselors in a Brown study.

AI, short for artificial intelligence, is now an integral part of agriculture—from crop recognition and the automatic ...

Subtle shifts in how users described symptoms to AI chatbots led to dramatically different, sometimes dangerous medical advice.

Apple executives are keeping silent about future Apple Intelligence plans, but a new rumor suggests the 2026 release of contextual Siri is just the start on a road to chatbots and always-on assistants ...

It's is a clever response to a growing problem: the ever expanding list of companies who want to sell "AI" bots powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). LLMs are built from a "corpus," a very large ...

A surge in reports of psychosis-like symptoms linked to intensive chatbot use has prompted an urgent effort by researchers, physicians, and technology developers to understand how these tools may ...