AI companions are hot. They cleverly use emotional language to tug at your heart. This is good and bad. I explain the secrets ...

Since the late 2022 release of ChatGPT we have faced nearly incessant coverage of AI (artificial intelligence) and how it is ...

In recent years, the Bronx has emerged as a trailblazer in the intersection of technology and elderly care. As senior citizens face social isolation and loneliness—a phenomenon exacerbated by the ...

A new program at a senior residence in the Bronx is offering a different type of companionship and empathy in the form of ...

More than half of US teenagers regularly confide in artificial intelligence (AI) "companions" and more than 7 in 10 have done so at least once, despite warnings that chatbots can have negative mental ...

By "companion," the study is focused on AI chatbots that are designed for users to have more personal conversations with, not ...

— Help teens recognize that AI companions are programmed to be agreeable and validating. Explain that’s not how real ...

Common Sense Media report found teens sharing intimate problems with AI companions, raising concerns about data privacy and ...

Many say they'd just as soon talk with AI as with humans, according to a study by Common Sense Media, which recommends that ...

Nearly three in four American teenagers have used AI companions, with more than half qualifying as regular users despite ...

Teenagers now turn to AI chatbots for everything from friendship and advice to emotional support, according to a new report ...

Ani is the collective fantasy of the kind of person who would earnestly seek out an amorous AI that Elon Musk made. She wears ...