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Teens Are Using AI to "Get Out of Thinking"

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-27 21:28:10

An alarming proportion of teenagers are turning to AI chatbots to not just help them with tasks like homework, but to act as their friends. And even that may not tell the full story. According to one high schooler contemplating the technology's effects on her generation, her peers are increasingly using the tech to handle anything they would have previously used their brains for. "Everyone uses AI for everything now. It's really taking over," Kayla Chege, a 15-year-old sophomore honors student

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Proton’s ChatGPT rival is prioritizing privacy with encrypted chats and zero logs

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-02 02:57:28

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR The company behind Proton Mail and ProtonVPN has announced a new privacy-focused AI chatbot, called “Lumo.” Chats with Lumo are claimed to be end-to-end encrypted and stored directly on your devices. It offers both free and paid tiers and is available on Android and iOS devices, as well as with a web interface. Proton, known for its eponymous VPN and mail client apps, is joining the rally of companies that have embraced artificial intelligence or AI. Ea

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Proton's privacy-focused Lumo chatbot encrypts all your conversations

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-02 06:45:52

What's another AI chatbot in an already crowded field? That's the question Proton is trying to answer today with the release of its new Lumo assistant . And like with its best known service, Proton Mail , the company says Lumo is for those who want a private alternative to what big tech is offering. Proton says every conversation with Lumo is secured with zero-access encryption, meaning only your device can unlock your content. In the context of an AI chatbot, that has several implications. Mos

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Proton’s new privacy-first AI assistant encrypts all chats, keeps no logs

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-02-02 16:49:08

Privacy-focused productivity tools maker Proton on Wednesday released its AI assistant, called Lumo, which it says prioritizes protecting user data. The company says the chatbot keeps no logs of your conversations, has end-to-end encryption for storing chats, and offers a ghost mode for conversations that disappear as soon as you close the window. Available via a web client, as well as Android and iOS apps, Lumo doesn’t require you to have an account to use the chatbot and ask questions. You c

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Proton is launching a privacy-focused AI chatbot

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-03 02:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Proton, the company behind the encrypted email service Proton Mail, has launched an AI assistant aimed at preserving user privacy. The new chatbot, called Lumo, can summarize documents, generate code, write emails, and more, while storing data locally on users’ devices. Proton says it will protect this information using “zero-access” encryption, wh

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Stop Pretending LLMs Have Feelings Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem

news.ycombinator.com Parker Molloy 2026-02-04 05:51:53

Yesterday, Wall Street Journal subscribers received a push notification that perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with how major media outlets cover “artificial intelligence.” “In a stunning moment of self reflection,” the notification read, “ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be.” But that’s just… not true. ChatGPT did not have a “stunning moment of self reflection.” It did not "admit" to anything. It cannot “acknowledge” its be

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Leaked Document Reveals Troubling Details About How AI Is Really Being Trained

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-08 04:45:40

Under the hood of a huge amount of artificial intelligence is an immense amount of human labor. This can take many forms, but a particularly prominent one is "data labeling": the process of annotating material like written text, audio, or video, so that it can be used to train an algorithm. Fueling the multi-billion dollar AI industry is a vast army of remote contract workers, often from less wealthy countries like the Philippines, Pakistan, Kenya, and India. Most data labelers are typically o

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Can AI Be Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Professionals and 3 Tips for Staying Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-16 16:00:05

Amid the many AI chatbots and avatars at your disposal these days, you'll find all kinds of characters to talk to: fortune tellers, style advisers, even your favorite fictional characters. But you'll also likely find characters purporting to be therapists, psychologists or just bots willing to listen to your woes. There's no shortage of generative AI bots claiming to help with your mental health, but go that route at your own risk. Large language models trained on a wide range of data can be un

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Great, Grok is in cars now too

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 02:21:53

Just a day after the xAI team issued a comprehensive apology and explanation about why its chatbot was spreading antisemitic rhetoric, Tesla updated its software for its cars to include the supposedly fixed Grok. According to Tesla, all new vehicles delivered on or after July 12 will have Grok available in-car. There's no additional subscription cost, but Tesla is limiting Grok's availability to models in the US for now. For older models to run Grok, it requires a Tesla with an AMD processor, t

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Vast Numbers of Lonely Kids Are Using AI as Substitute Friends

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-21 23:00:03

Lonely children and teens are replacing real-life friendship with AI, and experts are worried. A new report from the nonprofit Internet Matters, which supports efforts to keep children safe online, found that children and teens are using programs like ChatGPT, Character.AI, and Snapchat's MyAI to simulate friendship more than ever before. Of the 1,000 children aged nine to 17 that Internet Matters surveyed for its "Me, Myself, and AI" report, some 67 percent said they use AI chatbots regularly

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Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-02-22 00:50:38

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University. While recent coverage in The New York Times and elsewhere has highlighted the role that ChatGPT may play in reinforcing delusional or conspiratorial thinking, a new paper titled “Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers” exam

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Researchers Find Grok 4 Checking Elon Musk’s Opinions Before Answering ‘Sensitive’ Questions

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-02-22 21:55:57

Earlier this week, xAI’s Grok chatbot went haywire, started praising Hitler, and had to be put in timeout. It was just the latest incident in what appears to be behind-the-scenes manipulation of the bot to make its responses “less woke.” Now it seems that developers are taking a simpler approach to manipulate Grok’s outputs: Checking out Elon Musk’s opinions before it provides a response. The weird behavior was first spotted by data scientist Jeremy Howard. A former professor and the founder of

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Experts Warn that People Are Losing Themselves to AI

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-23 15:05:57

AI users are spiraling into severe mental health crises after extensive use of OpenAI's ChatGPT and other emotive, anthropomorphic chatbots — and health experts are taking notice. In a recent CBC segment about the phenomenon, primary care physician and CBC contributor Dr. Peter Lin explained that while "ChatGPT psychosis" — as the experience has come to be colloquially known — isn't an official medical diagnosis just yet, he thinks it's on its way. "I think, eventually, it will get there," sai

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AI chatbot’s simple ‘123456’ password risked exposing personal data of millions of McDonald’s job applicants

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-02-23 21:21:17

In Brief Security researchers found that they could access the personal information of 64 million people who had applied for a job at McDonald’s, in large part by logging into the company’s AI job hiring chatbot with the username and password “123456.” Ian Carroll and Sam Curry wrote in a blog post that “during a cursory security review of a few hours,” they found the password issue and another simple security vulnerability in an internal API, which allowed access to job applicants’ past conve

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Turkey bans Grok over Erdoğan insults

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-24 21:28:31

The news comes as Grok faces widespread blowback over Nazi statements it produced in recent days. | Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images X’s chatbot under fire in Poland, too, over insulting comments targeted at Prime Minister Donald Tusk. A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to chatbot Grok, operated by Elon Musk’s xAI, after it generated offensive responses about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, founder of the republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and religious values. The news comes as G

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Elon Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service area and adding Grok 'next week at the latest'

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-02-26 16:44:49

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expanding its robotaxi service area and bringing xAI's Grok to vehicles as it rolled out a new iteration of the artificial intelligence chatbot. Shares gained about 3%. Musk said on X that Grok, his AI chatbot that praised Adolf Hitler and posted a barrage of antisemitic comments recently, will be available in Tesla vehicles "next week at the latest." xAI officially launched the Grok 4 update overnight as the company continued to face backlash for the v

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Grok chatbot silenced as even Musk saw how awful it was

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-01 15:05:21

X owner Elon Musk recently implemented changes to the platform’s AI chatbot Grok, explicitly telling it not to trust mainstream media and to be less politically correct. Obviously there was no way anyone could possibly predict how that would turn out, so it’s a complete shock that Musk has been forced to silence it … Musk recently decided it would be a good idea to give Grok explicit instructions to be less “politically correct” in its responses. X users have been sharing a wide range of antis

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Prime Day deal: Save up to $930 on Beatbot’s AquaSense 2 robot pool cleaners

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-02 06:14:56

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Nobody loves scrubbing their pool in the blazing heat, but Prime Day deals are making it easier to leave that chore to a robot. Beatbot is offering big discounts across its AquaSense 2 series, with up to $930 off select models, including $711 off the flagship AquaSense 2 Ultra. Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra for $2,839 ($711 off) The AquaSense 2 Ultra is the world’s first AI-powered 5-in-1 robotic pool cleaner. It combines an AI camera with 27 sensors to precisel

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The Beatbot Robot Pool Cleaner Is at Its Lowest Price Ever for Prime Day

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-02 09:53:00

Cleaning and maintaining a pool is time-consuming and expensive. Some estimates put the yearly cost at anywhere from $1,000 to $6,000 or more, all for the chance to bask in the sun next to a clean pool. If you've ever thought about offloading the task to a robot, you're in luck, because the Beatbox Aquasense 2 Pro is on sale for 32% off. That puts it at its lowest price ever. We buried the lede a little bit, so let's back up a bit. One of these pool cleaning robots retails for $2,899, and with

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How Meta's new AI chatbot could strike up a conversation with you

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-03-06 06:41:05

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Despite a major usage and monetization gap, Meta, like many AI companies, is going all in on AI chatbots -- even giving them the ability to strike up a conversation with you, unprompted. According to a report from Business Insider published last week, leaked documents indicate the company is now building AI chatbots that proactively initiate conversations with users. The new feature is intended to boost user engagement and retention at a time when many leading t

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Prime Day Deal: Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra robotic pool cleaner now 20% off!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-07 08:15:51

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Summer should be about relaxation, not scrubbing your pool. Thankfully, Beatbot’s AquaSense 2 Ultra — powered by HybridSense AI pool mapping and eco-friendly ClearWater technology — is now seeing massive Prime Day savings. Get the Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra for $2,839 ($711 off) The AquaSense 2 is already one of the best pool cleaners you can buy, but it’s constantly getting better, too. Need a clean pool quickly? The AquaSense 2 Ultra’s newly added AI Quick

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OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-11 03:29:17

Among the strangest twists in the rise of AI has been growing evidence that it's negatively impacting the mental health of users, with some even developing severe delusions after becoming obsessed with the chatbot. One intriguing detail from our most recent story about this disturbing trend is OpenAI's response: it says it's hired a full-time clinical psychiatrist with a background in forensic psychiatry to help research the effects of its AI products on users' mental health. It's also consulti

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Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-03-11 06:34:22

Imagine you’re messaging some friends on the Facebook Messenger app or WhatsApp, and you get an unsolicited message from an AI chatbot that’s obsessed with films. “I hope you’re having a harmonious day!” it writes. “I wanted to check in and see if you’ve discovered any new favorite soundtracks or composers recently. Or perhaps you’d like some recommendations for your next movie night? Let me know, and I’ll be happy to help!” That’s a real example of what a sample AI persona named “The Maestro

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Take the tediousness out of pool care with the Beatbot AquaSense 2 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-14 02:41:59

Summer is in full swing, and jumping in your pool to stay cool during those sweltering days sounds ideal. Of course, keeping your outdoor pool open for the entire season also means hours and hours of tedious maintenance and cleaning. That’s where Beatbot steps in! With the Aquasense 2 series of automatic robot pool cleaners handling the chore of pool care, you’ll now be able to enjoy more time in the water than outside of it. Here’s everything you need to know. Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra – The

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Chatbot Flow Editor – Visual tool for designing conversation flows

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-10 21:19:59

Chatbot Flow Editor Visual development tool for creating chatbot conversation flows A GUI tool that opens in your browser. Design, test, and export chatbot conversation flows as JSON. Quick Start # Install as development dependency npm install --save-dev @enumura/chatbot-flow-editor # Launch the visual editor npx @enumura/chatbot-flow-editor Your browser will automatically open with the visual flow editor at http://localhost:3001 . Installation & Usage Method 1: Using npx npm install --s

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"Truly Psychopathic": Concern Grows Over "Therapist" Chatbots Leading Users Deeper Into Mental Illness

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 13:55:25

As of April, according to an analysis by the Harvard Business Review, the number one use of AI chatbots is now therapy. The more we learn about what that looks like in practice, the less it sounds like a good idea. That's not entirely surprising: even AI experts remain hazy on exactly how the tech actually works, top companies in the industry still struggle to control their chatbots, and a wave of reporting has found that AI is pushing vulnerable people into severe mental health crises. So it'

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Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-31 09:19:58

Image by Getty / Futurism Studies Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found some startling results in the brain scans of ChatGPT users, adding to the growing body of evidence suggesting that AI is having a serious — and barely-understood — impact on its users' cognition even as it explodes in popularity worldwide. In a new paper currently awaiting peer review, researchers from the school's storied Media Lab documented the vast differences between the brain activity of

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Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-31 13:30:30

Conspiracy theorists are using AI chatbots not only to convince themselves of their harebrained beliefs, but to recruit other users on social media. As independent Australian news site Crikey reports, conspiracy theorists are having extensive conversations with AI chatbots to "prove" their beliefs. Then, they post the transcripts and videos on social media as "proof" to others. According to the outlet's fascinating reporting, there are already several bots specifically trained on harebrained c

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The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2026-03-31 11:10:00

AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too, despite their stricter content moderation policies. Now new research shows that not all chatbots are equally willing to talk dirty. DeepSeek is the easiest to convince. But other AI chatbots can be enticed too. Huiqian Lai, a PhD student at Syracuse University, found vast differences in how mainstream models process sexual queries, from steadfast rejection to perf

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How a 30-year-old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation

technologyreview.com Tom Humberstone 2026-04-01 14:00:00

How much will you trust an AI chatbot powered by Meta to be your friend? Answers to this may vary. Even if you won’t, other people are already making close connections with “AI companions” or “falling in love” with ChatGPT. The rise of “cognitive offloading”—of people asking AI to do their critical thinking for them—is already well underway, with many high school and college students admitting to a deep reliance on the technology. Beyond the obvious concern that AI “friends” are hallucinating,

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Teens Are Using AI to "Get Out of Thinking"

Proton’s ChatGPT rival is prioritizing privacy with encrypted chats and zero logs

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Proton is launching a privacy-focused AI chatbot

Stop Pretending LLMs Have Feelings Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem

Leaked Document Reveals Troubling Details About How AI Is Really Being Trained

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Great, Grok is in cars now too

Vast Numbers of Lonely Kids Are Using AI as Substitute Friends

Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

Researchers Find Grok 4 Checking Elon Musk’s Opinions Before Answering ‘Sensitive’ Questions

Experts Warn that People Are Losing Themselves to AI

AI chatbot’s simple ‘123456’ password risked exposing personal data of millions of McDonald’s job applicants

Turkey bans Grok over Erdoğan insults

Elon Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service area and adding Grok 'next week at the latest'

Grok chatbot silenced as even Musk saw how awful it was

Prime Day deal: Save up to $930 on Beatbot’s AquaSense 2 robot pool cleaners

The Beatbot Robot Pool Cleaner Is at Its Lowest Price Ever for Prime Day

How Meta's new AI chatbot could strike up a conversation with you

Prime Day Deal: Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra robotic pool cleaner now 20% off!

OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises

Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first

Take the tediousness out of pool care with the Beatbot AquaSense 2 series

Chatbot Flow Editor – Visual tool for designing conversation flows

"Truly Psychopathic": Concern Grows Over "Therapist" Chatbots Leading Users Deeper Into Mental Illness

Researchers Scanned the Brains of ChatGPT Users and Found Something Deeply Alarming

Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction

How a 30-year-old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation

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