Deepak Chopra's new AI bot was modeled on decades of writings, research and lectures. "I fed it all into my AI," he says.

The growing loneliness epidemic prompted our columnist to befriend a chatbot. The friendship enforced false ideals and ...

Rather than offering random responses, thoughtful AI characters detect mood, adjust tone, and respond with empathy. When ...

Elon Musk has unveiled a new AI-powered chatbot “companion,” which he says is inspired by Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga and Christian Grey from erotic romance novel 50 Shades of Grey. The tech ...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into seven tech companies around potential harms their artificial intelligence chatbots could cause to children and teenagers. The inquiry ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) therapy "works best" when patients "feel emotionally close to their chatbot", according to a ...

MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa Heikkilä discuss the privacy implications of our new reliance on chatbots.

Lake is far from alone: One 2025 study found that almost one in five American adults have chatted with an AI companion ...

From work-related conversations on our desktops by day to personal advice on our phones after hours, AI now integrates 'into the full texture of human life,' a Microsoft study finds.

Samsung first introduced the Ballie, its AI-powered home companion robot, back in 2020. Since then, it made another ...

If Martin Escobar's AI girlfriend could have children, he said he would never date another human again. At 28, Escobar has yet to find a long-term (human) girlfriend. He's mostly given up on the ...

Nearly a third of US teenagers say they use AI chatbots daily, a new study finds, shedding light on how young people are embracing a technology that’s raised critical safety concerns around mental ...