Behind the screen, a growing number of users are forming intense, sometimes unhealthy relationships with virtual characters.

Reddit faces the emergence of AI chatbots that threaten to inhale its vast swaths of data and siphon its users.

Articles have previously gone out praising McDonald’s for increasing efficiency by using AI to hire new employees. HRD Connect reported that it reduced the time-to-hire by almost 65% in the UK and Ireland, and saw a 20% jump in the number of candidates that made it all the way through the process.

As psychedelic companies and therapy apps experiment with AI, people are already taking huge doses of drugs and using chatbots to process their trips.

Amazon's AI shopping assistant Rufus will train on Hearst and Condé Nast publications as part of a multi-year agreement.

Designed to make it easier to use AI to interact with the web as a whole, the browser will also be used to harvest more user data.

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After The Alters was released in mid-June, screenshots started to emerge on social media showing evidence that certain content had been generated by AI chatbots--despite the game lacking the AI disclosure that Steam now requires from developers.

Some people believe chatbots like ChatGPT can provide an affordable alternative to in-person psychedelic-assisted therapy. Many experts say it’s a bad idea.

A Reddit post has drawn attention after a user claimed that ChatGPT, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, solved a decade-long health mystery that had stumped numerous doctors, specialists, and even neurologists. The post, titled “ChatGPT solved a 10+ year problem no doctors could figure out,” was shared by the user @Adventurous-Gold6935.

Bit may have used ChatGPT or another tool to create backstory text and translate the script for their new sci-fi management sim.