Health expert warns of leaning too heavily on AI for social connections
With the rise of AI companions who serve as online friends or romantic interests, experts are questioning how the technology ...
Andy Dunn’s new app Pie uses AI to help you make friends
"We're a long way from pants," Andy Dunn, founder of online fashion retailer Bonobos, told TechCrunch. Now, the former CEO is ...
Her best friends are chatbots. That's more common than you think.
“A lot of people think, ‘Oh, you’re going to an AI for friendship. You must be lonely,’” Sakura said. “And it’s like, no, no, ...
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With AI Friends Like These, Who Needs Humans?
Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the ...
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AI Companions: The future of friendship or a dangerous illusion?
Capitalizing on the recent tech boom, AI-powered digital companions and digital twin avatars are rapidly emerging as alternatives to human relationships. “As is the nature of parasocial ...