While we're not short of divisive topics in 2025, there are valid reasons as to why we're turning to chatbots for emotional ...

Scientists recently resurrected the original computer code for ELIZA, considered the world's first chatbot, and thought by many to be the first use of artificial intelligence (AI). Its original ...

Artificial intelligence used as a therapeutic tool dates back to the 1960s when a program called ELIZA gave scripted ...

Software used by banks and the space industry may still rely on archaic code. We went in search of the oldest code in use and asked, what happens when it glitches?

AI has become a household term—everyone seems to be talking about it, yet few understand its nuances. Some equate AI solely ...

since one of the earliest computer-based systems able to accept natural language input was Eliza, a crude, chatbot-style program invented in the mid-1960s. The program would simulate responses ...

People have been pouring out their feelings to AI since the days of Eliza, a mock psychotherapist chatbot built in the 1960s. But it’s fair to say that the current craze for AI companions is ...

Image: Adobe Stock The researchers noted the idea to use AI for therapy is not new, as the chatbot ELIZA was released in 1966, programmed to respond as a Rogerian psychotherapist. “Since the ...

Dating apps felt like a brutal game where the rules were designed to leave you feeling disposable and more like a bot than a ...

In 2023, a Belgian man took his own life after engaging in extensive conversations with an AI chatbot called Eliza (unrelated to the one designed in the 1960s). The chatbot's responses may have ...