Social VR platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, announced earlier this week that it will be shutting down in June.

Meta deploys an AI agent as Zuckerberg's digital chief of staff to bypass bureaucracy and boost productivity with internal AI ...

Julie Carpenter doesn’t blame human users at all for anthropomorphizing chatbots. The longtime human-AI interaction expert and author of The Naked Android sees generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, as ...

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to log out of the app temporarily without losing their chat history. The feature is currently under development and will be ...

This video delves into the darker aspects of VRChat, examining the truths behind the VRChat experience, uncovering secrets within the platform, and showcasing various avatars. It also highlights the ...

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A group chat aimed at conservative Florida college students devolved into slurs, misogyny and calls for racialized violence, according to a report from the Miami Herald. Created ...

Samsung has introduced a secure chat feature on its internal messaging platform to reduce leaks about upcoming devices like the Galaxy S27. The move aims to prevent employees from sharing sensitive ...

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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A California teen is dead from an overdose after months of seeking drug-use guidance from ChatGPT, his heartbroken mother claimed. Sam Nelson was just 18 and preparing for college when he asked an AI ...

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