‘Replica’ Director on Falling in Love With an AI Chatbot, and How AI Is Nurturing China’s ‘Affection Gap’ Generation (EXCLUSIVE)

After Chouwa Liang found herself nurturing feelings for an AI chatbot, she began searching for young Chinese women experiencing the same thing.
MarketWatch

‘It’s a life-changing sum’: Can I stop my kids from using their inheritance to support political causes I vehemently oppose?

Is it possible to prevent an heir from spending their inheritance on things to which we are diametrically opposed? I would hate for our money to end up in the hands of organizations that oppose ...
Business Insider

Skygen.AI Steps Out of Stealth: 19-Year-Old Founder, $7M Seed Round, and the End of the "Chatbot Era"

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the AI market becomes saturated with repetitive chatbots, Skygen.AI has officially announced the closing of a $7 million funding round and the ...
Medical Xpress

Q&A: Using an AI chatbot for health advice? Keep these tips in mind

Shaili Gupta often sees patients who consult chatbots like ChatGPT for health advice. She finds that some of her patients are much more informed about health-related issues and have follow-up ...
InfoWorld

Java use in AI development continues to grow – Azul report

Java is becoming more popular for building AI applications, with 62% of respondents in Azul’s just-released 2026 State of Java Survey and Report relying on Java for AI development. Last year’s report ...
Slate

OpenAI Is Losing the Big Tech Race. The Super Bowl Ads Made That Clear.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Sam Altman wants you to know he wasn’t ...
CNBC

Sam Altman touts ChatGPT's reaccelerating growth to employees as OpenAI closes in on $100 billion funding

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that ChatGPT is "back to exceeding 10% monthly growth," according to an internal Slack message viewed by CNBC. The company is aiming to launch a new model within ...
Hartford Courant

Chatbots, AI, data privacy and more: CT lawmakers look to regulate tech

Connecticut lawmakers will be pushing to regulate the online activity of minors and better protect the data privacy of residents, Attorney General William Tong and state Sen. James Maroney, D-Milford, ...
Printing Impressions

Case Study: AI Transforms Front End and Streamlines Operations

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how commercial printer providers get work done. But behind the headlines and hype, most printers are not pursuing radical transformation. Instead, AI is being ...
BGR

You Can Build A Personal AI Chatbot Using Raspberry Pi - Here's How

Sure, we may have constant access to AI chatbots on our smartphones, sitting accessibly in our pockets, lessening the need for a dedicated portable device. But what if I told you that rather than ...
Miami New Times

When Will Miami’s Historic Cold Front Finally End?

The typical overdramatic Miamians were well within their rights this weekend to break out the Uggs and puffer coats (which we do anytime the temperature drops below 60 degrees), as Sunday was the ...