The more persuasive a model is trained to be, the higher the likelihood that it'll hallucinate, researchers find.

A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most ...

To see if conversational large language models can really sway political views of the public, scientists at the UK AI ...

Ads have made their way into Google’s AI Mode, and many blockers are falling short. Here are some ways to keep your screen clutter-free.

Generative AI has leapt from research labs into everyday life at an unprecedented pace. For many, the gateway into this technology is ChatGPT, a conversational AI that can answer questions, draft ...

Kunal Kushwaha's Uber driver downloaded his coding tutorials to learn tech skills The driver showed Kushwaha the tutorials but used the phone only for navigation The video of their conversation went ...

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Talk, Don't Type: Which Chatbot Is Best at Actual Conversation? ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, and Meta AI all offer natural language interactions, so you can speak rather than type your prompts. I ...

David Tindall receives funding from from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, a body that funds academic research. He has an affiliation with Cllimate Reality Canada. In this ...

Poe, Quora’s app that brings together different AI models into one platform, is launching group chat functionality. The company announced on Monday that users worldwide will be able to start group ...

How do you cheat at a conversation? This could have been a Zen koan, in different times. In the unfortunate times we live in, it is the question driving an artificial-intelligence tool called Cluely.

Generative artificial intelligence could result in a renewed emphasis on conversational approaches to teaching, researchers say, as chatbots make it easier to bypass recall-based learning and test the ...