Intimate AI chatbot connections raise questions over tech's therapeutic role
Scott shows off ‘Sarina’ the AI avatar he created in the app Replika. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — As artificial intelligence gains more capabilities the public has flocked to apps like ChatGPT to produce content, have
NCAA Men’s Sweet 16: What to know
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After a short break, March Madness is back Thursday night with the men’s Sweet 16. The field of 16 was set on Sunday when the second round of this
Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning wife to return to court
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AURORA, Colo.) — A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shakes is set to return to court on Thursday morning. James Toliver Craig, 45, of Aurora, Colorado,
'Cancer Alley' at center of lawsuit claiming environmental health crisis
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The residents of a Louisiana parish, located in an area that has become known as “Cancer Alley,” filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the local government alleging the petrochemical plants built
How to watch the five-planet alignment: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars
ABC News Photo Illustration (NEW YORK) — Don’t miss your lucky chance to see the stars — or planets — align next week. A five-planet alignment of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be visible in
Invasive group A strep on the rise in parts of the US: What to know
urbazon/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of invasive group A strep infections, which can cause severe illness and be deadly, remain elevated in some parts of the country, officials warned Wednesday. In a statement to ABC News,
TikTok CEO to testify on Capitol Hill amid calls for ban on app
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A high-stakes standoff between the U.S. government and social media app TikTok over a potential ban is set for a reckoning on Thursday when TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew
White House COVID team to wind down as public health emergency expires in May: Officials
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House COVID-19 team will wind down as the country moves out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, multiple administration officials confirmed to ABC News. The public health emergency is set
Shelter-in-place lifted at Monmouth University after curling iron mistaken for weapon
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.) — Monmouth University lifted a shelter-in-place order after an investigation into a “possible armed subject” found that a curling iron “was mistaken for a weapon,” a university official said. Police
'Catastrophic level of water': Central California battles farmland flooding
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The latest atmospheric river storm to batter California has led to evacuations and flooded farmland. As the snowpack on the Sierra Nevada mountains melts, flooding in the Central