AI models intended to provide companionship for humans are on the rise. People are already frequently developing relationships with chatbots, seeking not just a personal assistant but a source of ...

In 2013, a movie called Her came out. It was about a man falling in love with an artificially intelligent operating system, made "human" only by the realistic female voice it was set to. At the time, ...

Credit: Photographed by Joseph Maldonado / Mashable Composite by Rene Ramos AI companions are quietly becoming a staple ...

Lenovo brought some adorable AI concepts to MWC 2026 -- one of which you'll actually be able to buy soon. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It is not just individual lives that are at risk. Democracy requires the capacity to ...

A few years ago, I remember seeing a headline about a woman claiming she married an AI chatbot. I thought it was so ludicrous it had to be "fake news," but it wasn't. In 2026, apparently the thought ...

Parents are starting to ask us questions about artificial intelligence. Not about homework help or writing tools, but about emotional attachment. More specifically, about AI companions that talk, ...

French industrial software company Dassault Systèmes unveiled Generation 7 of its 3DExperience platform at its annual user conference in Houston, addressing what it sees as a persistent enterprise ...

Interacting with an AI companion like you would a trusted friend may not seem intriguing to a parent, but researchers have found that kids are engaging with these entities at alarming rates. In fact, ...