This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, August 9th. I'm Zoe ...

A new study reports that some people form deeply committed romantic relationships with artificial intelligence chatbots, engaging in behaviors that mirror human partnerships, such as marriage and even ...

One of the trendiest subjects in the field of technology is Artificial Intelligence. AI can be used to do a lot of things including being your virtual friend. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the ...

Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce bipartisan GUARD Act to protect minors from AI chatbots through mandatory ...

Elon Musk is reportedly engrossed in developing Ani, a 'racy' AI chatbot created by his company xAI, aiming to boost user numbers.

The Italian supervisory authority (Garante) issued an urgent order against Luka Inc. (Luka), a US-based developer and operator of the online app “Replika” (Replika), an artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is more concerned about his billions of customers making friends with AI chatbots than creating bonds with real human beings. In an interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel ...

Last weekend I made my first acquaintance with a virtual companion, but it was short-lived. During the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant social isolation, AI chat bots have been a popular download.

Artificial empathy can be helpful at times, yet AI programs like ChatGPT and Character.AI often fail to address the roots of ...

All you need is love, according to the Beatles: But how do you go about finding it? In the age of AI, lonely hearts might now have another option—but as a recent report from Mozilla showed, AI ...

Davide Sisto, a philosopher and authority on thanatechnology, is a researcher in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin and the author of “Online Afterlives,” from which this article is ...