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Senators demand information from AI companion apps following kids’ safety concerns, lawsuits

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Two US senators are demanding that artificial intelligence companies shed light on their safety practices. This comes months after several families — including a Florida mom whose 14-year-old son died by suicide — sued startup Character.AI, claiming its chatbots harmed their children. “We write to express our

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An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s tariffs include unlikely targets

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday target not only economic superpowers but also financial minnows. In fact, a White House list notes some territories with no economy, and no people, at all. That is the exact case of the Heard Island

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