Microsoft's new artificial intelligence, Bing, based on the same technology as the popular ChatGPT, is starting to send "independent" messages to people. The system seems to have failed as it began to wonder why it should exist at all. Dev writes about it. The system built into…

Virtual romances between humans and chatbots have become a reality. Romantic anthropomorphism helps people find love in the digital realm, according to IFLScience. It's been less than a decade since the science fiction movie Her featured a seemingly far-fetched concept of human relationships...

Tech giant Google announced on August 25 that it is opening public tests for LaMDA, a chatbot that a former Google engineer claimed has become sentient, according to NewYorkPost. Android and iPhone users can now sign up for a waiting list to test the chatbot via a form on the website…

Meta's new chatbot has criticized Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and said he is exploiting users for profit. The BBC published more details. Meta says the chatbot called BlenderBot 3 (only available in the US) uses artificial intelligence technology…