New research finds that AI companions can provide emotional support, intimacy, and personal growth, but they can also erode ...

What Zuckerberg described—what is now unfolding—is the beginning of a new digital era, more actively anti-social than the ...

And 42% of high-school students in American schools say that they or a friend has interacted with an AI as a friend (and 19% to have a romantic relationship), according to a survey by the Centre for ...

AI companion tech company Genies has launched a new creation tools product that will enable celebrities and their talent ...

A man returns home to silence after a dull day at work, dumps a sad can of slop on the stove and spends 20 minutes trying to decide which show will be most bearable to watch alone. No one is there to ...

The premise is appealing: Who wouldn’t want a friend who is available 24/7, always on your side, and never annoyed, bored, or hurt? In theory, artificial intelligence (AI) companions could ease ...