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Graphika’s investigation identified at least 10,000 AI chatbots that were directly advertised as sexualized, minor-presenting personas, including ones that called to APIs for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini LLMs. (Image Credit: Carol Yepes via Getty Images)

Anorexia coaches, self-harm buddies and sexualized minors: How online communities are using AI chatbots for harmful behavior 

Research from Graphika details how a range of online communities are creating AI personalities that can blur reality for lonely individuals, particularly teenagers.
US vice-president J.D. Vance attends a plenary session at the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit, at the Grand Palais, in Paris, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

In Paris, U.S. signals shift from AI safety to deregulation

The Trump administration made it clear that innovation and competition with China would be bigger priorities.
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A flaw in Lightning.AI’s platform, which has been patched, would have given root access to an attacker and broad control over a victim’s cloud-based studio and connected systems. (Image Source: Getty Images)

Vulnerability in popular AI developer could ‘shut down essentially everything you own’ 

The flaw in Lightning.AI’s platform, which has been patched, would have given root access to an attacker and broad control over a victim’s cloud-based studio and connected…
This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing on January 27, 2025. Chinese firm DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence chatbot has soared to the top of the Apple Store’s download charts, stunning industry insiders and analysts with its ability to match its US competitors. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

DeepSeek AI claims services are facing ‘large-scale malicious attacks’ 

As its low-cost AI model receives accolades, the Chinese company says ongoing attacks on its services are making it harder for new users to sign up. 
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