A children's online safety charity has revealed that British children are increasingly bypassing age verification checks to ...

A survey found that 83 per cent of GenZ respondents believe they could develop a meaningful connection with a chatbot.

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

A shocking portion of Generation Z say they could form a “deep emotional bond” with an AI-generated partner — and would even ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.