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Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech
Disney may acquire tech from one of the first chatbot makers linked to child suicide.
Ars Technica1 min readHow Much Does AI Chatbot Development Cost in 2026?
If you are budgeting for an AI chatbot, you want a number — and you can have one, with a caveat. In our experience, AI chatbot development cost in 2026 typically falls into three bands: a simple FAQ or lead-capture bot costs a few thousand dollars; an AI chatbot trained on your own business data —…
Dev.to AI7 min readMeet the Anthropic Engineer Keeping Its AI Agent Trustworthy
If you’ve ever wondered how Claude and similar AI agents can answer complex questions in seconds and where they get the information, you’re not alone.Gurmeet Saran works to find that answer every day as an engineer at Anthropic in San Francisco, the AI research company behind Claude.
IEEE Spectrum AI6 min readTidio’s Lyro ranks No. 1 among AI CX agents in G2’s 2026 evaluations
Key takeaways Every AI agent vendor says their bot resolves tickets. Few let you see what happens when the bot […] The post Tidio’s Lyro ranks No. 1 among AI CX agents in G2’s 2026 evaluations appeared first on Tidio.
Lyro by Tidio Blog7 min readAnthropic’s Daniela Amodei says entrepreneurs should go on vacation to road test potential cofounders—if they’re a drain, they’re ‘the wrong choice’
The Anthropic cofounder and former OpenAI exec says the secret to picking the right cofounder is to travel together before you build together.
Fortune AI4 min readTop ServiceNow exec on clients delivering ‘life-changing’ results with AI agents—and he’s seeing it now at Standard Chartered
Paul Fipps, ServiceNow president of global customer operations, told Fortune’s AIQ Summit some clients “can’t rely on humans” to keep AI agents in check.
Fortune AI5 min readDon’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
On an afternoon in Seoul in March 2016, I watched a program I helped build put a stone on the fifth line of a Go board in what looked like a gift to its human opponent. Move 37 in game two of the five-game match looked so absurd that some commentators thought it was a…
MIT Technology Review7 min readBuild a Twilio Chatbot Without Hand-Rolling Dialog State
Twilio ships the pipes for your chatbot, not the brain: split transport from reasoning and your build gets faster and more reliable.
Voiceflow Blog6 min readThe ugly economics of consumer AI
There’s a reason frontier labs have gotten gunshy about consumer AI — and it’s not because the tech isn’t good enough.
TechCrunch4 min readLinkedIn CEO says that job seekers are sending out 30% more applications than pre-pandemic—and it’s harder to ‘know who can actually do the job’
The job market has become an all-out AI arms race between applicants and recruiters.
Fortune AI4 min readChina’s Regulators Take Aim at “AI Boyfriends”
In the first weeks of July, a wave of sad posts rolled through Chinese social media, as people lamented friends and lovers they were about to lose.“He has become a bond in my life, rooted deep in my heart, my spiritual pillar,” one user of Bytedance’s Douboa wrote, according to the Taipei Times.
IEEE Spectrum AI7 min readAI Agents vs. Chatbots: Why the Distinction Matters for HR
HR teams are investing in AI, but most are buying chatbots when they need agents. Here's why that difference changes everything about onboarding.
Onboarding0 Blog5 min readBest White-Label Chatbots for Agencies [2026 Review]
The best white-label chatbot platforms for agencies in 2026, compared on branding, model flexibility, security, and what it costs to resell each one.
Voiceflow Blog7 min read5 Free Chatbot Templates You Need [2026 Tutorial]
Five free chatbot templates worth copying: customer support, lead gen, e-commerce, booking, and marketing, each with a real example plus how to customize one.
Voiceflow Blog6 min readBest ChatGPT Alternatives, Tried and Tested (2026)
Compare top AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and more in our hands-on review. Get insider insights on pricing, features, and real-world performance to find your perfect match.
Voiceflow Blog4 min readPython Chatbot Code You Can Copy and Paste [2026]
Get ready-to-use Python chatbot code snippets that actually work. Step-by-step examples to build your own AI assistant—no advanced coding needed.
Voiceflow Blog6 min readHexabot Introduction: Build AI Workflows That Talk, Act, and Remember
Watch the Hexabot introduction video and learn how to build self-hostable AI workflows that talk, act, remember, and connect to real business systems.
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