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The effort to ban AI chatbots for minors is picking up steam in Congress. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. On Thursday, the Senate ...

When the movie “Her” debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction. The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life. He comes alive after talking daily with his artificial ...

Young people are increasingly using AI companions. They can be useful, up to a point. AI companions are designed to keep young people engaged. We’ll talk about the risks and benefits with UW ...

Loneliness has become one of the most urgent public health challenges of modern America, touching seniors in nursing homes and veterans navigating civilian life after service. A study by the American ...

Ryan, the "wellness robot" AI companion for seniors, includes an "activity hub" screen on its chest for playing games and following along with exercises. The idea sounds appealing. A virtual friend ...

People are forging intimate relationships with chatbots—and maybe they shouldn’t. Chatbots are skilled at crafting sophisticated dialogue and mimicking empathetic behavior. They never get tired of ...

December 23, 2025 - For years, AI "companions" lived in a regulatory gray zone. Highly personal, always available, and largely ungoverned, these systems — built to remember what you say, check in on ...

To find companions in Fallout: New Vegas, you first have to be lucky enough to run into them, and then you must figure out how to recruit them. Some, like Veronica, are easy to miss but also easy to ...

At Stanford for eight hours on Monday, representatives from Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft met in a closed-door workshop to discuss the use of chatbots as companions or in ...