Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Qwen3.5 comes in an open-weight and hosted API version, with the company advertising improvements in performance and costs from previous versions. Qwen3.5 supports new agentic capabilities and is ...

Google says its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated by “commercially motivated” actors who are trying to clone it by repeatedly prompting it, sometimes with thousands ...

An illustration from June 2025 shows an example of using Claude, a large language model developed by Anthropic. Credit: CNS illustration/courtesy of Anthropic, licensed as CC BY 2.0. Is a chatbot a ...

We look at when you can trust A.I. with your health, and when you can’t. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. For hypochondriacs, A.I. chatbots are a windfall. Ask the computer a few ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had employees join a waitlist to test out its generative artificial intelligence chatbot when it first rolled out the tool — an approach that helped ...

Oregon lawmakers heard testimony this week on a bill that aims to restrict the power and reach of AI chatbots that are increasingly permeating children’s – and adults’ — lives. The bill follows ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot, Claude, will remain free of advertisements, drawing a sharp line between itself and rival OpenAI, which began testing ads in a low-cost tier of ...

A new social network created specifically for AI chatbots has sparked strange — and potentially alarming — behavior among the bots interacting there. According to The Washington Post, citing evidence ...

Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. “The ...

If using an AI chatbot makes you feel smart, we have some bad news. The study involved over 3,000 participants across three separate experiments, but with the same general gist. In each, the ...