Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs. By Kashmir Hill In February, ...

The R-word is making a comeback. Credit: Mashable illustration / Stacey Zhu Once pushed to the margins of acceptable language thanks to campaigns like "Spread the Word to End the Word," the R-word all ...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has embraced social media trends and viral memes to engage with young voters—a strategy that has propelled her campaign online and set an implicit contrast with ...

Grammarly, the company that provides the eponymous grammar and syntax program, recently announced that it’s getting smarter and now offers “strategic suggestions” for its 30 million users. It might ...

The number of people using X daily is falling, more than a year after tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the app formerly known as Twitter. Data from two research firms and figures published by Musk ...

The surge of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications is spurring exciting innovations and consumer experiments, but it also worries many people who are concerned about data privacy or ...

In the long and winding history of BASIC, it’s sometimes hard to keep track of all the different variants and dialects. Some may still remember TinyBASIC, which was published in 1976 as Palo Alto Tiny ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

ChatGPT has quickly turned into a global phenomenon, with people using it to find information, ask questions, and generate different types of content. But just how popular is the service? How often do ...

The majority of college students believe using artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to complete assignments and exams is cheating, but they also believe its use will become the "new normal" ...