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

A new Pew Research Center survey finds most US teens use AI chatbots for schoolwork, fun, and advice, while holding mixed ...

Explores our fatal attraction to AI, examining emotional dependence, manipulation, authority, and agency in work and life.

Coaching from artificial intelligence chatbots, personalized and accessible at any time, is now shaping how some students write.

If using an AI chatbot makes you feel smart, we have some bad news. The study involved over 3,000 participants across three separate experiments, but with the same general gist. In each, the ...

DuckDuckGo is offering its own voice AI chat feature built using OpenAI models, all for free, and with no data tracking at ...

AI chatbots may facilitate dangerous behaviors by children and adolescents, but most parents are poorly prepared to protect them.

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 ...

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

Discover OpenFang, the Rust-based Agent Operating System that redefines autonomous AI. Learn how its sandboxed architecture, pre-built "Hands," and security-first design outperform traditional Python ...

A new study from the Pew Research Center finds teenagers think chatbot-assisted cheating has become “a regular feature of student life.” ...