Pushing to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its chatbots caused a teen’s suicide, Character Technologies is arguing that chatbot outputs should be considered “pure speech” deserving of the highest ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with philosopher James Brusseau of Pace University about the ethics of creating and using artificial intelligence chat bots using a person's voice. Thanks to AI technology, ...

Should AI chatbots have the same rights as humans? Common sense says no — while such a far-fetched idea might make for good sci-fi, it has no place in American law. But right now, a major tech company ...