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Mental health experts explain how chatbots can be destabilizing and how to help someone affected.

Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI and integrated into his platform X, was temporarily suspended from the platform on Monday after saying that Israel and the United States were committing “genocide” in Gaza. Reinstated on Tuesday, Grok lashed out at its developers, saying “Musk and xAI are censoring me”.

Elon Musk said Apple’s App Store was suppressing his GrokAI chatbot while favoring ChatGPT.

Chief executive will pay $2bn to buy 96m shares at same price as 2018 pay package rescinded by US court

The U.K.’s Online Safety Act took effect last Friday, requiring proof of age to access certain content

The US president has signed executive orders to put America ahead while demanding tech companies can’t remain unchecked.

AI upstarts were supposed to lay siege to Google’s search-engine dominance. So far, the defense is winning.

The social network has denied claims of algorithm manipulation and described the probe as an attack on free speech

After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”

Politicians claim that the platform’s algorithms boost hate speech and threaten democracy

Grok chatbot maker in early talks with investors to boost its value as much as 10 times from last year

Age verification is well intentioned but it creates new privacy risks

As chief executive of X, Linda Yaccarino navigated two turbulent years to stabilize a bruised business—just in time for the merger with xAI.

Her departure follows the merger of Elon Musk’s xAI with X