Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women. By Kate Conger Dylan Freedman and Stuart A. Thompson ...

Chinese tech firms are turning AI chatbots into full-service shopping and payment tools. Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance are racing to build AI-powered super apps. U.S. firms lead in AI models, but ...

As corporate consolidation and ideological capture continue to wreak havoc on journalism across the world, some might be wondering if the dire media landscape could get any worse. To answer that ...

Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. By Ali Watkins The social media platform X ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he’s unaware of any instances in which his AI chatbot, Grok, generated nude photos of minors, pushing back on concerns about the spread of sexualized deepfakes on his ...

AI companionship is growing rapidly especially among minors. About one-third of U.S. teens report relying on an AI chatbot for emotional support. The trend has Washington state regulators sounding ...

This story was originally published by The 19th. The social media platform X has been flooded with AI-generated sexualized images of women and children in recent weeks — months before a new law aiming ...

Elon Musk has repeatedly expanded the boundaries of permitted speech on his social-media platform X. Child-safety watchdogs and international regulators say a recent update to its ...

A British organization dedicated to stopping child sexual abuse online said Wednesday that its researchers observed dark web users sharing “criminal imagery” that the users said was created by Elon ...

This story contains descriptions of explicit sexual content and sexual violence. Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has drawn outrage and calls for investigation after being used to flood X with “undressed” ...