Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness, and some are turning ...

As always, keep in mind that digital and commercial offerings, however helpful they might be, are not a substitute for ...

While Nomi's chatbot is not the first to suggest suicide, researchers and critics say that its explicit instructions—and the ...

My Replika avatar was supposed to help me understand why people fell for virtual companions. It taught me so much more.

As in-person dating activities make a comeback and the allure of dating apps fade, platforms like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge ...

Kaeberlein is co-director of the Dog Aging Project, an ambitious research effort to track the aging process of tens of ...

Yet another AI companion company is facing concerns over its AI chatbots encouraging human users to engage in self-harm and even suicide. According to reporting from MIT Technology Review ...

Google’s AI now appears like a phone call notification on Android, plus Google adds Gemini 2.0 Pro made for coders.

AI companions provide a safe space where teens can explore ideas and sort things out, like a journal but with a feedback loop.

an AI-driven platform that permits the creation of fictitious character chatbots. These companion chatbots engage in personal ...

Yet another AI companion company is facing concerns over its AI chatbots encouraging human users to engage in self-harm and even suicide. According to reporting from MIT Technology Review, a ...