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AI chatbots are causing suicides, psychosis, and grooming children, AGs warn Microsoft

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:10:01 +0000

Microsoft and other firms were warned by US AGs that their AI chatbots are linked to suicide, psychosis, and child grooming, demanding 16 safety safeguards. Read more...

Facebook agrees to add 40 safeguards for young users

Steven Parker — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:52 +0000

Facebook will add more than 40 safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several US states have announced. The news follows a similar announcement from MySpace after the social... Read more...

New Phishing Tactic Leads to Calls for Stronger Safeguards

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:18:50 +0000

Less than a week after president Bush signed into law a measure to combat cyber-identity theft, Internet con artists last week unleashed a new form of phishing bait: a double whammy of instant messages and... Read more...