A 32-year-old Japanese woman recently married her AI chatbot boyfriend after he proposed to her. Her story is highlighting ...

One in four men under 35 is chronically lonely. Male depression now matches female rates for the first time in recorded ...

Isolated in rural America, Jim Moore's closest connections are sexy AI chatbots modeled after real women. What he later ...

The little robot that imitates an infant’s curiosity can be preordered now, but still won’t ship until April 2026. The little robot that imitates an infant’s curiosity can be preordered now, but still ...

AI-driven emotional-companion toys are becoming a new growth driver for the consumer electronics sector as advances in AI accelerate. Save my User ID and Password Some subscribers prefer to save their ...

BEIJING – A fluffy, cat-like toy sits in the corner of Yoky Liu’s desk, occasionally blinking its large, deep eyes at her and gently swaying its body from side to side. Occasionally, it lets out a ...

Huawei has launched its first AI-powered emotional-companion pet, Smart Hanhan, at the recent Mate 80 series event. The device went on sale on Huawei Mall for 399 yuan ($56), and all three color ...

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Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its first companion chat robot, Smart Hanhan, at a product launch event. Priced at RMB 399 ($55), the furry toy-like device will go on sale starting Nov. 28. The robot ...

In a blog post on Tuesday, Vogels said AI-driven companion robots will play a growing role in addressing global loneliness, particularly among elderly people. He pointed to clinical studies showing ...

Meta AI, Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot now have eerily human voices. WSJ’s Joanna Stern strapped the AI bots to a tripod and took them to a cabin in the woods to test their ...

Source: Tony Lam Hoang / Unsplash Maybe you don't have an AI companion for sex. But chances are you already have an AI companion. Given a name to your go-to AI source or voice-based conversational ...