Research shows teens are turning to AI for connection. While AI helps with learning, relying on it as a “friend” may weaken ...

Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with ...

LinkedIn cofounder and AI investor Reid Hoffman is sounding the alarm on a growing trend in the tech world: AI systems being marketed as your new best friend. "I don't think any AI tool today is ...

Megan Garcia blames artificial intelligence (AI ) for her son’s death. Garcia’s 14-year-old committed suicide last year after intense conversations with an AI chatbot with whom he became infatuated.

From work-related conversations on our desktops by day to personal advice on our phones after hours, AI now integrates 'into the full texture of human life,' a Microsoft study finds.

You may soon have an AI agent helping you navigate the world. That agent will know lots about you — things like where you travel, what you buy, when you’re stressed — and its only objective will be to ...

Near the climax of Terminator 2, war-weary mother Sarah Connor reflects on the robotic killing machine that has become her son’s protector. “It would never leave him,” she muses. Further explaining: ...

Megan Garcia, a mom who filed a suit against Character AI in a Florida court, said her 14-year-old son, Sewell, was ...

Three friends, who raised $8 million for their AI startup, explained how to keep their relationship strong amid the ...

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Headspace, the company behind a major meditation and mental health app, says its new conversational AI companion helps people to "process their thoughts and emotions." Headspace/dpa Mindfulness app ...

The world of wearables is now expanding, with the latest using the powers of artificial intelligence and offering a mix of awkward and advanced features with the AI necklace called "friend." The new ...