I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are increasingly being used by people to do everything from answering and summarizing emails and texts the recipient never reads to deciding on travel itineraries ...

Chatbots’ ease of use and ability to rapidly create human-like text, including everything from reports, essays, and recipes to computer code, ensure that the AI revolution will be a powerful tool for ...

The final round of AI Madness was between DeepSeek and Gemini 2.0. I think it’s safe to say that most of us didn’t expect DeepSeek to win in nearly every category. For every round of AI Madness, I ...

Start getting familiar with generative AI tools like ChatGPT. The world is moving forward, and you need to be ready to move with it. For nearly a decade, Connie was editor in chief of CNET, overseeing ...

Two faculty members teaching Expository Writing 20, a required first-year class run by Harvard’s Writing Program, have piloted the limited use of artificial intelligence chatbots in the curriculum.

As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors' notes and analyze health records, a new study led by Stanford School of Medicine researchers cautions ...

Coaching supports individuals in achieving their full professional potential. But as professionals' lives get busier, and work continually becomes more demanding and complicated, traditional coaching ...

(KTLA) – A new social network created specifically for AI chatbots has sparked strange – and potentially alarming – behavior among the bots interacting there. According to The Washington Post, citing ...