Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be "temporarily pausing teens’ access to existing AI characters ...

Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to the chatbot, becoming the first country to block access to the xAI-owned chatbot, as per a report by Reuters. The action by the Indonesian government comes ...

Apple is planning another major overhaul to Siri and no, I am not talking about the smarter Siri upgrade that was set to roll out with the iOS 26.4 update. If a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman ...

Artificial-intelligence agents have their own social-media platform and are publishing AI-generated research papers on their own preprint server.

Apple has been running behind the competition when it comes to built-in AI features on iPhones for a couple of years, but the company may finally be set to change this by the end of 2026. According to ...

Gavin Newsom urged California’s Attorney General to look into whether xAI violated state laws with its Grok chatbot. California is launching an investigation into X’s AI chatbot, Grok, after reports ...

Did our AI summary help? Apple is planning a significant overhaul of Siri that would transform the long-standing digital assistant into the company’s first true AI chatbot, according to a new report ...

What just happened? A human-assisted AI search engine, marketed as an innovative blend of automation and expert advice, is now facing serious federal scrutiny. This week, the Federal Trade Commission ...

Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Kashmir Hill Julia Sheffield, a psychologist who ...

The best AI chatbots of 2026: I tested ChatGPT, Copilot, and others to find the top tools around ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...