Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there
Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness, and some are turning ...
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AI Dangers Keep Emerging: What You Need to Know About Chatbot ‘Companions’
Last year, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after spending months frequently chatting with an AI companion ...
Perspective: Virtual valentines and simulated soulmates won’t give you what you really need
AI imitations of romantic relationships are being used more. But they can’t replace true human connection, and lead to ...
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I Tried an AI Companion to Help Me Process My Emotions, and Found It Helpful
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 ...
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The Download: AI companion dangers, and supersonic planes
Kaeberlein is co-director of the Dog Aging Project, an ambitious research effort to track the aging process of tens of ...
From Companion to Ex Machina, Hollywood is robot-obsessed. Should we be afraid?
Right up to this week with Companion, the warning that robots are a bad idea is an entrenched part of cinema. But just how ...
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‘Companion’ is a startingly philosophical, comical take on AI
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 ...