Although large language models are an exciting piece of innovation that have vastly transformed the landscape of information ...

Artificial intelligence technologies, like chatbots, are attracting growing scrutiny for their voracious energy demands. However, energy consumption is only one part of their broader environmental ...

When asked to suggest solutions for environmental challenges, chatbots reflected biases. This could have harmful effects on ...

Chatbot vanishes in Italy amid claims OpenAI's model was used to train Chinese AI - DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to ...

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek stunned markets and AI experts with its claim that it built its immensely ...

Images from the past five days lay bare the trail of destruction caused by bush blazes that spiralled beyond control with fatal consequences ...

Sarah Kaizar’s AT Feed is an automated aggregate of current climate news and a critique of the future of ... and how much is insignificant fluff? Kaizar allows her bot to indulge in algorithmic ...

Scientists have just resurrected "ELIZA," the world's first chatbot, from long-lost computer code — and it still works extremely well. Using dusty printouts from MIT archives, these "software ...

OpenAI is introducing a new way for users to customize their interactions with ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot. On Friday, OpenAI announced it is rolling out a new user interface for ...

Elon Musk’s xAI startup has introduced a web version of its Grok AI chatbot, making it accessible without an account on the platform X. This beta version offers features like real-time ...

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A chatbot (also known as a chatterbot or virtual assistant) is a computer program that’s designed to emulate human conversation and converse with human users. A chatbot’s primary meaning is a program ...