Household robots and AI assistants illustrate how personality can make technology more approachable, while also amplifying ...

China's AI companion market moves quickly — from model development to app launch, the typical cycle averages just three months. According to QuestMobile, user activity peaks at night between 10 p.m.

And 42% of high-school students in American schools say that they or a friend has interacted with an AI as a friend (and 19% to have a romantic relationship), according to a survey by the Centre for ...

Per the publication, at a staff meeting in April of this year, xAI employees working as AI tutors who train the large ...

What Zuckerberg described—what is now unfolding—is the beginning of a new digital era, more actively anti-social than the ...

Bittle X turns robotics into an accessible, hands-on learning experience. Students or hobbyists can assemble it, program it ...

New research finds that AI companions can provide emotional support, intimacy, and personal growth, but they can also erode ...

What is the future of artificial intelligence companions? Reporter Dana Gerber and editor Greg Huang share their thoughts.