Content warning: this story discusses suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. In October of last year, a Google-backed startup called Character.AI was hit by a lawsuit making an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of its chatbots had driven a 14-year-old high school student to suicide.

Character AI has filed a motion to dismiss a case brought against it by the parent of a teen who committed suicide allegedly after becoming hooked on the company's technology.

Google’s Gemini will be the default assistant on Samsung’s newest line of smartphones, giving a boost to the search giant’s efforts to get the chatbot in the hands of more people. The companies announ

Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will now deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher.

While ChatGPT remains the dominant force globally, Gemini has gained significant ground in India since the launch of its multilingual mobile app last June. It accounted for over half of India’s AI chatbot downloads in 2024,

An apparent Character.AI bug caused chatbot outputs to devolve into multilingual gibberish, complete with inexplicable mentions of sex toys.

Google’s newest AI technology jumped ahead of ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s technology last month on the Chatbot Arena rankings closely watched by people in Silicon Valley. OpenAI dominated the rankings for much of the past year. Google launched the Gemini ...

Prayagraj: A new version of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot is now guiding pilgrims on parking, food courts and hospitals within 1 km radius of the devotees at the Mahakumbh 2025. The fresh avatar of the chatbot, designed to assist devotees, comes with these three added features.

Google has agreed to a new investment of more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic. TakeAway Points: Google has agreed to make a new investment of over $1 billion in the generative AI startup Anthropic,

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees recently that he believes the company’s Gemini AI technology has surpassed the capabilities of rivals

Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher. Google announced the deal ...

Google has agreed to a new investment of more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to CNBC.