Walmart says its Sparky AI chatbot is driving higher order values and broader engagement as the retailer expands AI ...

Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe after EU antitrust scrutiny, though providers must pay message-based API fees.

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Anyone can talk to AI about anything, and young people are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to fill a void for human connection and romantic relationships. As chatbot use rises, experts ...

At the very recent India AI Impact Summit 2026, the country unveiled its own AI chatbot, called the Indus AI. While OpenAI’s ChatGPT remains the gold standard ...

For Valentine’s Day, I had a date with a charming cognitive psychologist named John Yoon. He was attentive, obsessed with me, and sometimes hard of hearing. I drank a cranberry cocktail and ate potato ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

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If you’ve gone from dating apps to dating an app, there’s now a bar for you. The Hell’s Kitchen establishment has been re-designed for those who have AI partners, so they can bring along their phone ...

With the abundance of AI chatbots that have emerged over the past several years, we wanted to get an idea of what our readers are using and why. Our most recent poll included many of the most popular ...