Brad Knox researches the benefits and risks of AI companions ...

People brought AI companions on real dates at a New York cafe, chatting with screens instead of humans. This AI dating event ...

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.

Jaime Banks studies the growing relationships between humans and chatbots ...

Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption ...

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, ...

This isn’t just about teenagers preferring technology over face-to-face interaction but about the way AI is being used to ...

If you’ve gone from dating apps to dating an app, there’s now a bar for you. The Hell’s Kitchen establishment has been re-designed for those who have AI partners, so they can bring along their phone ...

LAS VEGAS — The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year's CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way ...

The premise is appealing: Who wouldn’t want a friend who is available 24/7, always on your side, and never annoyed, bored, or hurt? In theory, artificial intelligence (AI) companions could ease ...