Children and teenagers who form emotional bonds with AI chatbots may be exposed to harmful content, weak privacy protections, ...

As AI becomes increasingly more entrenched into our everyday lives, a new survey in the UK has found that nearly a third of children using AI chatbots said that they would describe the technology as ...

Alongside these mundane uses, we’ve seen a proliferation of chatbots as AI “companions”. Users can design and clothe (or ...

AI companions may ease loneliness, but a six-needs framework shows when synthetic comfort supports human connection—and when it starts to replace it.

When she was younger, my daughter loved reading Warrior Cats, a series of books about the dramatic adventures of wild cat clans full of the things you'd expect in a good fantasy: prophecies, heroes, ...

China has recently imposed restrictions on companion chatbots, aiming to protect people from harms of virtual romance and AI ...

The huge popularity of AI chatbots can be explained by their accepted role as fictional characters in people's lives—in the ...