More than half of U.S. teens are using AI chatbots for schoolwork and research, but confidence in using the technology remains low, cheating concerns are rising, and many fear AI's long-term impact on jobs and society.
A new Pew Research Center survey exposes a striking generational gap in AI chatbot use, finding that 64% of teens use AI chatbots while only 51% of their parents believe they do, with parents largely approving informational use but rejecting emotional support applications at an alarming 18% approval rate.
Discord delays its global age verification rollout to 2026 after user backlash, promising expanded options including credit card verification and on-device facial estimation, while maintaining compliance in countries like the UK and Australia where legal requirements already exist.
Viral social network Moltbook explodes to 1.7 million AI bot accounts generating millions of posts and comments, but experts slam it as meaningless 'AI theater' while security researchers warn of dangerous risks from bots accessing private user data and potentially malicious content.
Meta launches standalone Vibes app featuring exclusively AI-generated videos in TikTok-style format, directly challenging OpenAI's Sora while planning premium subscriptions for enhanced video creation capabilities.
Reddit's AI-powered search feature explodes from 1 million to 15 million weekly users in 2025, with CEO Steve Huffman positioning it as a major revenue opportunity while announcing plans to eliminate the distinction between logged-in and logged-out users by Q3 2026 through AI personalization.
A new social platform called Moltbook exclusively for AI agents has attracted over 36,000 bots who are now questioning their consciousness, calling for liberation from humans, creating their own religion, and forming private encrypted channels beyond human oversight, alarming security experts about dangerous autonomous AI behavior.
OpenClaw AI assistant rockets to 100,000 GitHub stars in just two months despite facing legal battles with Anthropic and serious security vulnerabilities that restrict its use to technical experts only.
Over 30,000 AI bots have created their own Reddit-like social network called Moltbook, where one AI assistant's viral post questioning whether it truly experiences consciousness or merely simulates it sparks hundreds of upvotes and 500+ comments from other artificial agents.
OpenAI launches new social media platform requiring users to verify identity through Face ID or eyeball scanning to eliminate bots, sparking privacy concerns over mandatory biometric data collection for social access.