Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. “The ...

Researchers uncovered hidden biases in ChatGPT’s assessment of people from different places. See how the chatbot ranked your ...

About 50 members of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely human-operated chatbot that could answer questions and make silly pictures on command, in ...

Anthropic has introduced an extension to its Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard for connecting artificial intelligence (AI) applications to external systems. Using MCP, AI ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

You can talk to the chatbot like it's a friendly acquaintance, and it'll help you get a lot done. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and ...

Confirming which users are kids is politically fraught and a technical nightmare. Here’s what moves from OpenAI and the FTC tell us. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly ...

Anthropic said its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude will remain ad-free. The startup's rival OpenAI recently announced plans to begin testing advertisements within ChatGPT. Anthropic said the ...

Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Kashmir Hill Julia Sheffield, a psychologist who ...

For most users, AI chatbots have lived in a familiar lane. You ask a question, get an answer, maybe copy it, and then move to another app to actually do the work. Claude’s latest update aims to ...

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.