He indicated that Meta is eager to provide the supply to meet that supposed demand in the form of AI chatbots—people can currently make custom ones through Meta’s AI Studio and chat with characters ...

ElliQ, an AI-powered health supporting smart tool developed by Intuition Robotics will be available as a Smart Care Device to eligible Washington Medicaid recipients enrolled in the Medicaid Long-Term ...

Over the past year or two, AI has become not just a utilitarian tool but a technology that many people are turning to for connection and emotional support. One survey last year found that 16 percent ...

If robots are already here and shaping how things are done, what does that actually mean for how people live? To understand ...

The company's well being advisory council said in a January meeting that they were in unanimous agreement that the company should not move forward with the proposed adult mode, in ...

Whether you are looking for an immersive virtual girlfriend experience, an untethered roleplay partner, or just an uncensored ...

Ahn received Chorong through the Gangnam Senior Welfare Center in Seoul, one of many local governments nationwide that provides AI companion robots to elderly residents living alone to address ...

Freddy del Barrio is building Companion AI to create emotionally aware systems designed to support connection, memory, & long ...

The subject of an "adult mode" is still sending a shiver down the spines of OpenAI advisors, who are wary of the many potential dangers.

A third of American teens use AI agents as friends or romantic partners. What will be the long-term consequences?

OpenAI said it will eventually launch a text-only adult mode for ChatGPT, the Wall Street Journal reports, despite what are strong misgivings from the company's own advisers. In adult mode, ChatGPT ...

When 72-year-old Ahn So-hyun wakes up in the morning, the first voice she hears is not a family member’s. It is Chorong, a ...