A popular mobile app called Chat & Ask AI has more than 50 million users across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Now, an independent security researcher says the app exposed hundreds of ...

The virtual girlfriend industry has matured dramatically. What started as basic chatbots has evolved into sophisticated nsfw AI chat systems that millions now use for companionship and intimate ...

AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company’s stuffed animals. So Thacker ...

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Sarvam's Indus chat app is currently available in beta.

Earlier this week, Eva AI hosted a two-day pop-up AI cafe in New York City, where AI chatbot enthusiasts could live out their fantasies in public. The 5-year-old tech company took over a wine bar in ...

The chatbot era is giving way to something bigger: AI systems that organize themselves into digital workforces capable of running projects from start to finish.

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The feature, called "Dear Algo," lets Threads users personalize what content they see by publicly posting an AI prompt.

An Austrian coder, Peter Steinberger, accidentally sparked an AI craze with his "Moltbook" platform. Initially a local AI assistant called Clawdbot, it evolved into a social space where bots discussed ...

A "health-focused experience" inside ChatGPT is designed to help you understand medical information and prepare for ...

Moltbook is the world’s first social network designed exclusively for artificial intelligence. Launched in late January 2026 by Matt Schlicht, head of the commerce platform Octane AI, the site mimics ...