LinkedIn cofounder and AI investor Reid Hoffman is sounding the alarm on a growing trend in the tech world: AI systems being marketed as your new best friend. "I don't think any AI tool today is ...

A clip of Mark Zuckerberg talking about AI companions quickly went viral, with commenters online calling him out for being out of touch and not comprehending friendship. Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where AI will understand you so well that different AI personas will become your "friends." In a new interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Zuckerberg said ...

Megan Garcia blames artificial intelligence (AI ) for her son’s death. Garcia’s 14-year-old committed suicide last year after intense conversations with an AI chatbot with whom he became infatuated.

Over the last two years, AI “friends”, the chatbots that promise unconditional support, endless patience, and emotional intimacy have quietly slipped into millions of pockets. They flirt, they comfort ...

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Headspace, the company behind a major meditation and mental health app, says its new conversational AI companion helps people to "process their thoughts and emotions." Headspace/dpa Mindfulness app ...

Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience. (AI-generated image by Midjourney/Big Technology) You may soon have an AI ...

Near the climax of Terminator 2, war-weary mother Sarah Connor reflects on the robotic killing machine that has become her son’s protector. “It would never leave him,” she muses. Further explaining: ...