UW-Milwaukee: Reminding people they’re talking to chatbots may be ineffective or even harmful, researchers say

Concerns that chatbot use can cause mental and physical harm have prompted policies that require AI chatbots to deliver regular or constant reminders that they are not human. In an opinion paper published Feb. 18 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, a UW-Milwaukee researcher and her colleague argue that these policies may be ineffective or even harmful because they cou...