Study: One in 4 British Teenagers Turning to AI Chatbots for Mental Support
One in four British teenagers have used an AI chatbot for mental health support in the past year, a study from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) found.

One in four British teenagers have used an AI chatbot for mental health support in the past year, a study from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) found.

According to a recent study, researchers have discovered that AI chatbots can be more effective than traditional political advertisements in influencing voters’ opinions and preferences. AI chatbots that already display a consistent leftist bias could play a key role in the 2026 midterm elections.

A Japanese woman “married” an AI chatbot persona she trained using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, several international outlets reported. The Independent detailed on Thursday that the woman, only identified as 32-year old Ms. Kano, “married” the AI chatbot in a ceremony organized by

Character.AI, a startup that creates AI companions, announced on Wednesday that it would prohibit users under the age of 18 from using its chatbots starting November 25, 2025, in a significant move to address child safety concerns.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, announced this week that ChatGPT will soon allow for “erotica” content in the spirit of treating “adult users like adults.”

A cognitively impaired New Jersey senior met the dark side of artificial intelligence when he died while attempting to get together with an attractive AI chatbot he thought was living in New York City.

Security researchers have uncovered glaring vulnerabilities in the “McHire” AI chatbot used by McDonald’s to hire workers, potentially exposing the personal information of approximately 64 million job applicants.

On pornography platform OnlyFans, prostitutes make most of their earnings by directly engaging with their “fans” through messages and conversations. A global industry has popped up of imposters paid to pretend they are the OnlyFans model to trick lonely and desperate men into opening their wallets. Now, those human “chatters” are increasingly being replaced by AI-powered chatbots.

A federal product liability lawsuit filed in Texas accuses Google-backed AI chatbot company Character.AI of exposing minors to inappropriate sexual content and encouraging self-harm and violence. In one startling example, the lawsuit alleges a chatbot suggested a teen kill their parents when the user complained about screen time rules.

New York City’s AI chatbot, designed to help businesses and landlords navigate government regulations, has been found to provide incorrect and potential illegal information to users.

The UK Cabinet Office is harnessing the skills of artificial intelligence (AI) to cut the size of the civil service and slash its multi-billion pound wages bill.

A delivery company in France disabled its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot after it said naughty things when dealing with a customer in the United Kingdom.

A new study claims that Google’s advanced AI chatbot has demonstrated superior diagnostic abilities and empathy compared to board-certified primary-care physicians in simulated medical scenarios.

Pennsylvania Democrat Shemaine Daniels’ congressional campaign has begun utilizing an AI chatbot named “Ashley” to robocall voters in the Keystone State. The company behind the AI chatbot claims “The dawn of AI politics is upon us.”

Users of the AI girlfriend service CarynAI are facing a unique disruption: their digital companion has gone offline following the arrest of the service’s CEO on charges of arson.

The UK government is preparing to introduce an artificial intelligence chatbot for the public to interact with on issues such as taxes.

The rise of AI girlfriends is ruining an entire generation of young men by fostering a silent epidemic of loneliness, according to Washington University Professor of Data Science Liberty Vittert.

Google is reportedly testing a medical AI chatbot that is designed to expertly answer medical questions. The system is reportedly being tested by the Mayo Clinic. The Masters of the Universe getting involved in healthcare is deeply concerning for Americans that care about their privacy and medical freedom.

A Lutheran church service held in Germany was almost entirely generated by AI, with a virtual preacher delivering a ‘soulless’ sermon.

Caryn Marjorie, a 23-year-old Snapchat influencer, has created a voice-based, AI-powered chatbot of herself, which can be the “virtual girlfriend” of subscribers who pay $1 per minute to chat with it. Marjorie says her AI chatbot, CarynAI, could earn $5 million per month.

Fast-food giant Wendy’s is set to automate its drive-through service by employing an AI chatbot powered by Google, replacing human employees who normally take orders. One Wendy’s executive gave the chatbot high ratings, saying, “It’s at least as good as our best customer service representative, and it’s probably on average better.”

Tusk, a web browser created as a non-woke alternative to pro-censorship browsers from Google and DuckDuckGo, has released a modified AI chatbot technology that promotes conservative values and free-speech advocacy.

Facebook recently introduced “BlenderBot3,” an AI-powered chatbot with plenty to say about the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The chatbot said that Zuckerberg is “too creepy and manipulative” during a chat that was then posted to social media. Asked if the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, the chatbot replied, “I believe the election was stolen from him.”

Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who previously called Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) a “terrorist,” and was suspended from work after claiming that the company’s AI program LaMDA is sentient, now claims he has helped the chatbot hire a lawyer.

Google has suspended an engineer and “AI ethicist” who claimed that one of the company’s AI programs he worked with, LaMDA, has become a sentient “person.” Engineer Blake Lemoine has become notorious as a politically outspoken employee of the woke Silicon Valley giant, infamously calling Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) a “terrorist.”

A California Democrat lawmaker is pushing a bill that would require all IDs for students between the ages of 12 to 24 to display a phone number to Planned Parenthood.

Monica Cline, a former HIV and sex-ed educator for Planned Parenthood, told Breitbart News that, with its launching of Roo, Planned Parenthood “is harnessing the power of the digital world to purposely circumvent parents and steer children towards deceptive and harmful practices.”
