Over the last five years the use of highly personalized artificial intelligence chatbots — called companion chatbots — designed to act as friends, therapists or even romantic partners has skyrocketed ...

In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness and social isolation as a pressing health threat. This crisis is driving millions to seek companionship from artificial intelligence (AI) ...

A new law makes California the first in the nation to regulate how companion AI chatbots can interact with youth.

A screenshot from the site Replika, which creates a custom chatbot that mirrors the user. AI is not just for automating tasks or coming up with new recipe ideas. Increasingly, people are turning to AI ...

As the Verge reports, the AI companion company Friend, which launched its Omegle-style chatbot “matching” site last month under the expensive domain name of Friend.com, has intentionally given its ...

Elon Musk has unveiled a new AI-powered chatbot “companion,” which he says is inspired by Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga and Christian Grey from erotic romance novel 50 Shades of Grey. The tech ...