Brad Knox researches the benefits and risks of AI companions ...

Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowds flooded the freshly opened showroom floors on day two of CES 2026 and were met by thousands of robots, AI companions, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is not just individual lives that are at risk. Democracy requires the capacity to feel connected to other citizens in order to ...

Jaime Banks studies the growing relationships between humans and chatbots ...

LAS VEGAS — The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year's CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way ...

This isn’t just about teenagers preferring technology over face-to-face interaction but about the way AI is being used 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 ...

If you’ve gone from dating apps to dating an app, there’s now a bar for you. The Hell’s Kitchen establishment has been re-designed for those who have AI partners, so they can bring along their phone ...

The first story, typically told by software designers and AI companies, urges people to say “I do” to AI and embrace bespoke friendship programmed on your behalf. AI company Replika, for instance, ...