Ling Kong of Michelman Robinson examines AI companion laws in New York and California, discussing the states' differing ...

What Microsoft’s Copilot Report Reveals—and the Missing Questions About Human Impact and What It Should Measure Next.

The first major UK-based study into how AI companions are reshaping the emotional and social lives of young adults ...

The iconic alien from Star Trek made its television debut in the 1967 episode "The Trouble with Tribbles," in which these tiny, fluffy balls quickly turned from "adorable alien that purrs" into ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

AI companions are giving people an 'always-on' relationship. Credit: Zain bin Awais/Mashable Composite; RUNSTUDIO/kelly bowden/Sandipkumar Patel/via Getty Images The artificial intelligence boom is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the newly emerging concern that ...

From 1980s sci-fi films to today’s blockbusters, these movies help viewers anticipate challenges that will arise as AI ...

Demand for AI “companion” applications outside of bigger names, like ChatGPT and Grok, is growing. Of the 337 active and revenue-generating AI companion apps available worldwide, 128 were released in ...

Continuing its lean into agentic artificial intelligence, Zoom Communications Inc. today introduced the next generation of its AI Companion and its virtual workspace. AI Companion 3.0 designed to help ...

AI companion apps such as Character.ai and Replika commonly try to boost user engagement with emotional manipulation, a practice that academics characterize as a dark pattern.… Users of these apps ...