Clare Duffy

Artificial intelligence chat startup Character.ai— which has faced a wave of claims that its app contributed to mental health issues and suicides among teens — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dismissed the idea of joining Meta’s multistate settlement agreement around child safety, saying the video platform already has measures in place to protect young users.

Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist, took a leap in the 1980s — leaving a well-funded post at Carnegie Mellon University to pursue a little-studied area of machine learning research at the University of Toronto.

New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district.

Meta on Wednesday agreed to make sweeping changes to its platforms as part of an $18 billion settlement with dozens of states over claims its platforms contributed to a youth mental health crisis.

Meta said Wednesday it has agreed to pay about $18 billion as part of a settlement to resolve a multistate lawsuit claiming that it intentionally designed addictive platforms that harmed young people’s mental health.

Many Americans feel growing unease about the proliferation of cameras — in people’s hands, on homes and businesses, in public spaces for police use — that seem to be capturing our every move, sparking backlash, protests and users ditching or destroying devices.

Millennials, rejoice … the beloved video app Vine is being resurrected.

Opening arguments kicked off Tuesday in what could be Meta’s most consequential legal fight yet over youth safety and addiction. If Meta loses the case, it could fundamentally change how the company’s social media platforms operate.

Law enforcement technology company Flock introduced new safety controls on Thursday, hoping to curb growing scrutiny and fears around surveillance and police misuse of its tools.