An AI chatbot told Paul Hebert, a retired web developer in Nashville, this past spring that spies were threatening his life.

This fall, a once-thriving Discord channel for gay gamers over 30 experienced a mass exodus after an AI chatbot was forced onto the server. Now, according to 404 Media, the channel is “a ghost town” ...

As cases of chatbot-induced paranoia and obsession draw scrutiny, a small online community has become a lifeline for those ...

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The ...