Europe-based Squeez Labs has revealed an AI chatbot concept known as CrankGPT that uses a hand-crank generator to answer your queries.

From the name, you might think that this is just ChatGPT with a built-in suite of antivaxx prompts, but no! This is an LLM for a grid-less future: a self-contained, battery-less box that uses an ...

DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new AI chatbot that lets users order food and groceries with text prompts and photos in its latest AI push. The chatbot, called “Ask DoorDash,” ...

Yes, according to psychologist Gloria Mark. But there are ways to regain that control. This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gretchen Chapman, Carnegie Mellon University (THE CONVERSATION) In May 2026, ...

A developer went viral for reconfiguring Chipotle’s customer support bot into a coding assistant, and providing the playbook for others to do the same to other chatbots. Reading time 4 minutes After ...

If you are fortunate enough to have a ticket to an event at Madison Square Garden in New York – say, an NBA Finals game – one aspect of your visit will be having your face scanned by a facial ...

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Meta’s AI support chatbot proved unusually helpful to hackers looking to steal and resell notable Instagram accounts—the hackers simply asking the bot to change the accounts’ associated email ...

Nationally weighted 2025 survey estimated 19.2% of US youth (≈8.2 million) have sought mental health advice from AI chatbots, up from 13.1% in 2024. Use intensity was meaningful: 42.8% engaged at ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is selling consumer subscriptions to its Meta AI chatbot for the first time, a key step toward building a business that would help offset hundreds of billions of dollars in ...

Last year, a survey from Common Sense Media found 72 percent of teens have used an AI companion at least once. Half are regular users. And it’s not just kids. A 2025 Harvard Business Review article ...