We explain the implications of A.I. being so sycophantic. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. My colleague Tom was on the train home the other day, seated between two commuters focused on ...

OpenAI won’t be releasing its controversial “adult mode” erotica chatbot after all — at least for the time being. The ChatGPT maker has shelved plans to roll out the feature “indefinitely” after ...

Much like Sora, OpenAI says it’s pausing plans for ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ to focus on core products. Much like Sora, OpenAI says it’s pausing plans for ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ to focus on core ...

OpenAI has indefinitely dropped plans to release an erotic chatbot (Steve Dent for Engadget) OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from ...

During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb ...

I’m brilliant, creative, generous and hardworking. Or so AI keeps telling me. Thanks to what’s known as “AI sycophancy”—the tendency of our robot underlords to tell us only what we want to hear, as ...

Sure, when chatbots aren’t outright hallucinating, they can be helpful tools for gathering information, generating ideas, and completing tasks. But some of the biggest players in the AI chatbot ...

Customer conversations with chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for scammers to launch phishing attacks and commit fraud. Since Sears is still a trusted ...

"I feel like now is a good time to be kind to people," Braff said while debunking the rumor Julian Hamilton/FilmMagic Zach Braff denied rumors he was the "prominent Hollywood actor dating a chatbot" ...

Important updates for everyone deeply invested in discovering which mystery celebrity is dating an AI chatbot: 1) it’s not Zach Braff, 2) we’ve entered the “actors issuing statements about whether or ...

When it comes to matters of the heart, Zach Braff seems to prefer the analog approach. The Emmy-nominated actor and "Scrubs" star, 50, pushed back against online rumors that he's dating an artificial ...

A security startup said their autonomous AI agent was able to break into McKinsey’s internal generative-AI platform in roughly two hours, gaining access to tens of millions of chatbot conversations ...