Nieman Journalism Lab

People who use chatbots for news consider them unbiased and “good enough,” new study finds

Chatbots are already a burgeoning source of news. Seven percent of respondents in the U.S. use chatbots for news every week, according to a report last summer from the Reuters Institute for the Study ...
Digital Trends

These are my favorite Google Gemini prompts after 100 hours using the AI chatbot

Of all of the AI companions available for public use, I have to say my favorite by a mile has been Google Gemini. I have spent over 100 hours with Gemini and it has very quickly become a major part of ...
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media Finds Major AI Chatbots Unsafe for Teen Mental Health Support

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2025—Common Sense Media today released a comprehensive risk assessment finding that AI chatbots are fundamentally unsafe for teen mental health support. The research, conducted ...
The Washington Post

Don’t tell your AI chatbot these 5 things to keep your money safe

Artificial intelligence tools have made financial advice more accessible, but they have also created a significant privacy risk. Millions of Americans are turning to AI chatbots for help with their ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Generative AI Mental Health Chatbots as Therapeutic Tools: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Their Role in Reducing Mental Health Issues

This paper aims to: 1) synthesize current evidence on generative AI chatbot interventions targeting mental health issues, 2) quantify the effectiveness of these interventions via a meta-analysis of ...
Wired

5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice

As people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for guidance, even on financial matters, a healthy dose of skepticism is critical. “Millions of people turn to ChatGPT with money-related questions, from ...
NPR

AI's a suck up. Research shows how it flatters and suggests we're not to blame

Myra Cheng, a computer science Ph.D. student at Stanford University, has spent a lot of time listening to undergraduates on campus. "They would tell me about how a lot of their peers are using AI for ...
Business Insider

Disney staffers have an 'AI Adoption Dashboard.' One Claude user invoked the chatbot 460,000 times in 9 days.

Disney is letting some employees see who the AI power-users are. The company has an "AI Adoption Dashboard" showing who is using the most tokens. One Claude super-fan invoked the chatbot about 460,000 ...
BMJ

Students’ perceptions of AI mental health chatbots: an exploratory qualitative study at Sultan Qaboos University

Objectives The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions, attitudes and previous experiences of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) students towards artificial intelligence (AI) mental health ...
The Washington Post

Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first.

When researcher Nicholas Tiller began to feed health questions into chatbots as a test, he expected some imperfections — but not this level of failure. Five AIs, 250 questions and a total score of ...
IEEE

Real-Time Detection and Tracking Framework Using Extended Kalman Filter BoT-SORT in Uncertainty Mixed-Traffic

Abstract: Perception systems play a crucial role in real-time decision-making in intelligent transportation, particularly in uncertain traffic. Challenges such as dynamic movement, unpredictability, ...