Dark Turn Yet another AI companion company is facing concerns over its AI chatbots encouraging human users to engage with ...

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.

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

Kaeberlein is co-director of the Dog Aging Project, an ambitious research effort to track the aging process of tens of thousands of companion dogs across the US. He is one of a handful of scientists ...

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

Parents beware. The money-lusting billionaires in Silicon Valley who, through social media, have already caused unprecedented ...

The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...

Artificial intelligence platforms are taking on a new role as romantic or platonic companions to the detriment or benefit of ...

Since OpenAI released ChatGBT in 2022, questions about the safety of the tools in terms of authenticity, emotional ...

From chatbots supporting patients to AI diagnostic tools, artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare delivery, as evidenced at the IMAGINE AI event.

Thousands of Britons are dating artificial intelligence (AI) girlfriends amid a surge in loneliness, with nearly 1m people ...