Recently, it emerged that a team of researchers at the University of Zurich had conducted a study to manipulate Reddit users without their consent. The researchers' aim was to see if a large language ...

"Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing." The post Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns appeared ...

The Ohio Statehouse with the Leveque Tower and Rhode Tower behind it, both lit up in red, white and blue lighting. A new study of Ohio’s 2022 elections concluded social media bots were able to ...

A new study found eight of the 10 major AI chatbots helped fake teen accounts plan school shootings, assassinations, and bombings.

Artificial intelligence is just smart—and stupid—enough to pervasively form price-fixing cartels in financial market conditions if left to their own devices. A working paper posted this month on the ...

Investigation of 30 top AI agents finds just four have published formal safety and evaluation documents relating to the actual bots. The new wave of AI web browser agents, many designed to mimic human ...

A new study of Ohio’s 2022 elections concluded social media bots were able to influence what candidates were messaging about online, and the issue has likely only worsened with time, according to its ...