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.

A while ago, ChatGPT was the only AI chatbot that mattered. Today, Google and Microsoft, the two biggest tech giants, have pushed into the AI market and your browsers. Google's Gemini has exploded in ...

Belligerent bot bullies maintainer in blog post to get its way Today, it's back talk. Tomorrow, could it be the world? On Tuesday, Scott Shambaugh, a volunteer maintainer of Python plotting library ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S.