The next leap in personal AI won't be making our digital lives more comfortable. It'll be about making our real lives more ...

Startup Portola is treating its AI companions like characters in a novel, complete with lore, emotions, and personal lives.

Research shows teens are turning to AI for connection. While AI helps with learning, relying on it as a “friend” may weaken ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - More than 70% of teens are turning to AI for friendships, according to a new survey, ...

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Headspace, the leading mental health companion for everyday support, today announced a suite of new features for Ebb, its ...

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 ...

As AI assistants become the norm, enterprises must make sure your retention and eDiscovery policies are ready.

Source: Cyndidyoder83 / Pixabay Part 1 of this series described the potential misbehaviors and prevalence of AI companions. Here, I address their special dangers for kids and what parents can do to ...

Millions of private messages meant to stay secret are now public. Two AI companion apps, Chattee Chat and GiMe Chat, have exposed more than 43 million intimate messages and over 600,000 images and ...

AI companions’ tendency to agree can create “personal echo chambers of validation” (Bernardi, 2025). One study found that in 42 percent of cases, AI companions expressed approval of social behavior ...