Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption ...
Brad Knox researches the benefits and risks of AI companions ...
Tech companies are offering AI companions as a convenient cure for the loneliness epidemic, but there have been other forms of faux relationships, and they tend to have more to do with ego than heart.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowds flooded the freshly opened showroom floors on day two of CES 2026 and were met by thousands of robots, AI companions, ...
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A new report from Bangor University has revealed almost all teenagers are using AI systems for companionship. The study focused on the consumption habits of AI chatbots among 13-18 year olds, and ...
(NewsUSA) - Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to integrate into our daily lives with the rise of AI “companions,” that are designed to provide users with constant interaction and also may be ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Napster, an innovation company powering the next generation of embodied and agentic AI, today introduced a redesigned mobile entertainment app for iOS and ...