Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness, and some are turning ...

When I saw that Headspace had added Ebb, an AI-powered companion, to its membership, I was intrigued. Ebb was built to provide personalized support through a chatbot. You can use Ebb to process ...

Kaeberlein is co-director of the Dog Aging Project, an ambitious research effort to track the aging process of tens of ...

AI designed to mimic human interaction can exploit weaknesses in our minds and emotions—with catastrophic consequences.

In a time when artificial intelligence is becoming exponentially more popular and profitable, new film “Companion” casts a reflection on human relationships in the age of advanced AI technology.

“Companion” will premiere in theaters nationwide on Jan. 31, 2025. “Companion” follows Iris (Sophie Thatcher), an AI companion, as she navigates a weekend at a secluded lake house with her ...

Although it does not have any direct connection with “Companion,” this sense of adoration for a form of AI is similar to a real-life situation from October 2024, when 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III ...

On the surface, “Companion” fits the stereotypical AI-human trope: The robot goes rogue, and the human engineer festers with regret as they attempt to override a force bubbling out of control. Upon a ...

Sophie Thatcher coolly holds down the center of a horror-comedy that's closer in tone to the entertaining silliness of 'M3GAN ...