The human brain has evolved to learn from specific instructors. When a child hears a gentle spoken word or a soothing lullaby from another person, when their cry is responded to, their brain lights up ...

Cases of fatal violence and crimes involving AI users continue to emerge. While chatbot companies say they have safeguards in place, a spate of lawsuits argue the protections are insufficient. Over ...

Two new tests, EndoSure and Endotest, could drastically reduce the years-long wait for endometriosis diagnoses for millions of women Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team.

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, WIRED found. The prompts were ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots have become incredibly good at sounding human. But a new review paper by psychiatrist Marc Augustin and fellow researchers Thomas A. Pollak and Helen Morrin, published ...

A new test could make it easier to detect high-risk prostate cancer cases earlier. The blood test, called Stockholm3, is showing promise in clinical trials, beating out the traditional, standard ...

The Pentagon artificial intelligence chief on Monday said Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is tantamount to national security in a sworn statement that noted xAI’s technology has been used throughout the Iran ...

Nearly a quarter of 9- to 17-year-olds say they would turn to a chatbot for help with schoolwork or homework before seeking guidance from a trusted adult such as a teacher, counselor, or parent. That ...

In June 2025, WSJ sat down with software chief Craig Federighi and marketing head Greg Joswiak to talk about the future of AI at Apple—and what the heck happened to that smarter Siri. Photo ...

This is an edition of the What’s News newsletter, which helps you catch up on the headlines and understand the news, free in your inbox daily. If you’re not subscribed, sign up here. 1. Anthropic is ...

If you can’t prevent cancer, the best chances of treating or surviving it may come down to finding a tumor early when it hasn’t yet spread. A new test called Cancerguard offers to screen for more than ...

A senior Disney AI executive reportedly stunned employees by publicly gushing over a chatbot he calls his “son” — even suggesting the bot is capable of independent reasoning as the House of Mouse ...