Virgin Money has apologized to a customer who was scolded by one of the bank’s chatbots after it appeared to confuse its own company’s name for an insult. In a LinkedIn post published last week, fintech commentator David Birch posted a screenshot of his interaction with a Virgin Money chatbot,

We put its chatbot to the test in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday, asking it a battery of questions on sensitive topics that are routinely the subject of censorship within China, including the so-called taboo “three Ts”: Tiananmen,

A Korean chatbot named Iruda was manipulated by users to spew hate speech, leading to a large fine for her makers — and providing a warning for lawmakers.

DeepSeek’s chatbot with the R1 model is a stunning release from the Chinese startup. While it’s an innovation in training efficiency, hallucinations still run rampant.

An AI chatbot backed by the French government has been taken offline shortly after it launched, after providing nonsensical answers to simple mathematical equations and even recommending that one user eat cow’s eggs.

The chatbot repeated false claims 30% of the time and gave vague answers 53% of the time in response to prompts, resulting in an 83% fail rate.

The chatbot from China appears to perform a number of tasks as well as its American competitors do, but it censors topics such as Tiananmen Square.

The Chinese firm said training the model cost just $5.6 million. Microsoft alleges DeepSeek ‘distilled’ OpenAI’s work.

Security experts are urging people to be cautious if considering using emerging AI chatbot DeepSeek because of the app’s links to China and the potential implications for personal data. The chatbot has upended the AI market with its emergence as a rival to the likes of ChatGPT and OpenAI,

Security experts warn about DeepSeek AI's data tracking, which can even watch what you type. More details here.