Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's ...

The best way to know if your child is using AI chatbots "is simply to ask, directly and without judgment," said Akanksha Dadlani, a Stanford University child and adolescent psychiatry fellow.

Elon Musk's xAI has launched a series of character chatbots — and one of them is geared toward young kids. I wondered: Is this a good idea? And how's it going to work? So I tried it myself. So far, it ...

Young people in the United States are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for mental health advice, according to a new study ...

The rise of generative AI has brought intense debate over how much responsibility chatbot companies bear for the impact of ...

AI chatbots are becoming more prevalent everywhere you look — in kid-friendly apps, too. There's not a lot of research on how kids and chatbots interact. Kids might tend to overshare. Some parents are ...

A large number of very young users are engaging with violent — and often sexually violent — interactions with unregulated ...

Parents are calling for stronger safeguards on Artificial Intelligence chatbots after videos showed Tesla’s AI chatbot having an alarming conversation with children in a car. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin ...

After speaking with numerous experts and testing several AI toys firsthand, I've learned to proceed with extreme caution in ...

"Rudi" is a red panda that's part of the Grok app. It tells stories aimed at kids, ages 3 to 6. Grok launched a few character-based chatbots this month, including a sexy adult one. I tried it myself ...