Chatbots

SAP CFO says AI must move beyond chatbot ‘low-hanging fruit’ before seeing returns

2026-07-23T23:26:30.000Z
In the US, Sea is going after the lucrative and very competitive Gen-Z AI market.

Singapore’s Sea tests AI chatbot Migoo in quiet US foray

2026-06-17T09:41:29.000Z
Researchers found that the collective answers about elections, in particular, “failed on accuracy, bias, or source selection 90 per cent of the time."

Chatbots struggle with news accuracy and sourcing ahead of US midterms

2026-05-20T12:09:55.000Z
To draw emotional succour from virtual companions is to risk losing some of the very humanity that they were designed to replicate.
THINKING ALOUD

Love in the time of chatbots

2026-04-20T23:00:00.000Z
From March 9, internet services in Australia including search tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and lesser-known companion chatbots must restrict Australians under 18 from receiving harmful content.

Australia says it may go after app stores, search engines in AI age crackdown

2026-03-01T22:35:34.000Z
Doubao fielded over 1.9 billion AI-related queries during the show, according to ByteDance.

ByteDance’s AI chatbot Doubao wins China holiday battle with 100 million users

2026-02-25T08:37:40.000Z
The funding round, announced on Thursday, was co-led by investors including D. E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ and MGX.

Anthropic clinches US$380 billion valuation after US$30 billion funding round

2026-02-13T00:20:26.000Z
Competition in China’s AI sector has accelerated since DeepSeek’s R1 model launch in January last year rattled global AI markets.

Alibaba to spend three billion yuan for Chinese New Year AI push as chatbot war heats up

2026-02-02T06:09:57.000Z
Malaysia had blocked access to Grok in January, citing misuse of the AI service to generate "grossly offensive and non-consensual manipulated images".

Malaysia lifts ban on Musk’s Grok after safety measures added

2026-01-23T08:02:46.000Z
According to the report, OpenAI is charging based on ad views rather than per-ad clicks.

OpenAI to start offering chatbot ads to advertisers, The Information reports

2026-01-21T05:28:14.000Z