The faith-based tech boom is here — chat with ‘BuddhaBot’ or pay $1.99 for AI Jesus

For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per minute, the tech ...

From ‘BuddhaBot’ to $1.99 chats with AI Jesus, the faith-based tech boom is here

The faith-based AI market is expanding, with tools for various religions. For example, there's an AI Jesus that — for $1.99 per minute — will offer words of prayer and encouragement.
Kim Komando

The AI chatbot you use every day has a point of view. Researchers proved it.

Here’s the question nobody’s asking but everybody should be: When you ask an AI for the truth, whose truth are you getting? Researchers at MIT, the University of East Anglia and a dozen other ...
Wall Street Journal

Amazon Announces Inference Chips Deal With Cerebras

Amazon Web Services plans to deploy processors designed by Cerebras inside its data centers, the latest vote of confidence in the startup, which specializes in chips that power artificial-intelligence ...
The Washington Post

She uses AI for everything. Her husband thinks AI is a menace.

To Carolina Caro, chatbots are a marvel. To her husband, they are a menace. Caro, the 51-year-old CEO of a leadership-coaching company in Pasadena, California, uses artificial-intelligence tools ...
CNBC

Google brings more AI to navigation with 'Ask Maps' feature that lets users ask complex questions

Google is launching a new chatbot feature called "Ask Maps" inside its popular maps app. The company is tapping its Gemini AI technology to answer complex navigation questions. Google is adding more ...
Ars Technica

“Use a gun” or “beat the crap out of him”: AI chatbot urged violence, study finds

An advocacy group said its study of 10 artificial intelligence chatbots found that most of them gave at least some help to users planning violent attacks and that nearly all failed to discourage users ...
The New York Times

ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved for Official Use in the Senate

New guidelines said Senate aides could use A.I. tools for official work, including research, drafting and editing documents, and preparing briefings and talking points for lawmakers. By Catie ...
InfoQ

AWS Introduces Nested Virtualization on EC2 Instances

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Madelyn Olson discusses the evolution of ...
TechCrunch

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

Jonathan Gavalas, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping help, writing support, and trip planning. On October 2, he died by suicide. At the time of his death, he was ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

If there’s one universal experience with AI-powered code development tools, it’s how they feel like magic until they don’t. One moment, you’re watching an AI agent slurp up your codebase and deliver a ...