From personalized content to AI companions that anticipate needs, technology is shifting from being helpful to being deeply ...

Valerie Tiberius, professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the author of the forthcoming book “Artificially ...

Tech companies will now have to issue disclaimers in New York that its AI companion chatbots are not human, and refer users ...

The companions seem impressively human. They remember conversations and use familiar verbal tics. Sometimes they even mistake ...

Companion-like artificial intelligence apps pose “unacceptable risks” to children and teenagers, nonprofit media watchdog ...

New York State budget introduces AI restrictions, requiring companion bots to detect self-harm and notify users of non-human ...

A legal battle is playing out this week between an artificial intelligence company and a grieving mom claiming her ...

Studies suggest benefits as well as harms from digital companion apps — but scientists worry about long-term dependency.

Most AI companion chatbot developers don’t condone minors using their software, but researchers have expressed alarm about ...

State lawmakers have also made it a crime for people to use the image of a minor or the likeness of one while using artificial intelligence to generate sexual content.

In an interview with Dwarkesh Patel, Mark Zuckerberg said that AI friends wouldn’t replace in-person connections. But experts ...