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Discord has just unveiled a major update to its Family Center, aiming to give parents more oversight of their teens’ activity—without sacrificing privacy. The revamped dashboard now lets guardians see…
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In the latest episode of “Congress vs. The Machines,” Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have teamed up for a bipartisan crusade against chatbots that might be getting…
The family of Adam Raine, a California teen who took his life after extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his suicidal thoughts, has amended their wrongful death complaint against OpenAI to…
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact…
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact…
Roblox is in the legal spotlight again, but this time, the stakes are heartbreaking. Becca Dallas has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Roblox and Discord following the suicide of…
Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact…
The case continues to build that AI chatbots can be a dangerous, enabling influence in the hands of even full-grown adults. The threat is even more imminent in the hands…
An alarming proportion of teenagers are turning to AI chatbots to not just help them with tasks like homework, but to act as their friends. And even that may not…