Google, Character.AI to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed teens
Google and Character.AI, a California startup, have agreed to settle several lawsuits that allege artificial intelligence-powered chatbots harmed…
California teen dies of overdose after months seeking drug advice from ChatGPT, mother claims
A California teen is dead from an overdose after months of seeking drug-use guidance from ChatGPT, his heartbroken…
‘On our own’: UC Berkeley professors share their AI policies | Investigations
Advancements in accessible AI tools have allowed students to generate entire essays, produce complex programs and solve difficult…
Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails…
Best Online Reputation Management Companies in San Francisco, CA (2026) | Marketplace
The best online reputation management companies in San Francisco help professionals, founders, and public figures take back control…
Column: Go ahead. Make parenting mistakes
I had dinner with my son recently, and as tends to happen with us, we started talking about…
A Las Vegas company is plastering rage-baiting AI ads across SF
Rage bait, rage bait, everywhere. You can’t walk down the street these days without feeling like San Francisco…
Waymo Gets Green Light for Massive California Expansion
Waymo just secured a massive regulatory win that could reshape California’s transportation landscape. The Google-owned robotaxi company announced…
San Francisco’s most controversial startup is moving to New York
Cluely is trying to offload all three floors of its SoMa frat-pad headquarters on Bryant Street (opens in…
Cloudflare resolves outage that hit ChatGPT, X and others
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting…
ChatGPT drove users to suicide, psychosis and financial ruin: California lawsuits
OpenAI, the multibillion-dollar maker of ChatGPT, is facing seven lawsuits in California courts accusing it of knowingly releasing…
Parents sue San Francisco-based OpenAI over son’s death after conversation with chatbot
The parents of Zane Shamblin, a 23-year-old from Texas who died by suicide this summer, are pointing the…