WBUR

Many people now trust AI with their feelings. And therapists want to talk about it

Mental health clinicians have started asking clients how they use generative artificial intelligence chatbots to support ...
Eagle-Tribune

Avatar Medical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Avatar Medical Vision, the First Software Cleared for Use with Glasses-Free 3D Medical Displays

Avatar Medical, an award-winning company advancing medical imaging from visualization to clinical understanding, today announced FDA 510(k) clearance for Avatar Medical Vision, its software platform ...
The Verge

Webtoon’s animated AI avatars want to chat with you.

Hot on the heels of its new AI-powered localization tools, Webtoon is partnering with AI avatar firm Genies to launch a new chatbot feature that will allow users to “talk” with characters from comics ...
techtimes

Manitoba Moves Toward Social Media Ban For Kids as Canada Eyes AI chatbot Use Restriction

Australia became the first country to impose a social media ban for kids, but in Canada, Manitoba is already on its way to introducing the same policy. The province is expected to restrict AI chatbot ...
CNBC

Meta will adopt hundreds of thousands of AWS Graviton chips in latest AI infrastructure grab

Meta will use hundreds of thousands of Graviton chips from Amazon Web Services in a deal that will last at least three years. The deal follows a combined $48 billion in artificial intelligence ...
Wired

5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice

As people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for guidance, even on financial matters, a healthy dose of skepticism is critical. “Millions of people turn to ChatGPT with money-related questions, from ...
The Washington Post

Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first.

When researcher Nicholas Tiller began to feed health questions into chatbots as a test, he expected some imperfections — but not this level of failure. Five AIs, 250 questions and a total score of ...
9to5google

YouTube Shorts will use AI to make avatars that look and sound like you

YouTube is now letting users create an AI avatar that looks and sounds like them for use in Shorts. This feature was teased earlier this year. The creation process is available in the main YouTube app ...
Computerworld

AI chatbot use can hinder students’ knowledge retention

Students who use AI tools extensively may struggle with knowledge retention, according to new research. Brazilian social scientist Andre Barcaui looked at two groups of students, one using ChatGPT as ...
The New York Times

Your Chatbot Isn’t a Therapist

Dr. Saini is a psychiatrist and Dr. Bailen is a psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. As the use of large language models like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini has surged, we’ve heard about ...
Gizmodo

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Siri has gone from in a relationship with OpenAI to in an open relationship. According to Bloomberg, Apple has decided to forgo an exclusive deal with OpenAI to allow Siri to run queries through ...