Your early-adopter friend swears by ChatGPT for meal planning. Your boss thinks Microsoft Copilot will “10x productivity.” Your social media feed thinks Meta AI is a slop machine. They’re mostly going off vibes. I can tell you which AI tools are worth using — and which to avoid — because I’ve been running a chatbot fight club.

Leila Turner-Scott reads a conversation her son Sam had with ChatGPT on the day of his death while at her home in Dripping Springs, Texas, where she moved following his fatal overdose. Turner-Scott is now left mourning her only son, and shocked by what this new technology did to him.