New research finds that AI companions can provide emotional support, intimacy, and personal growth, but they can also erode ...

When the Chinese government launched the “AI+” initiative in August, it was widely perceived as a new economic stimulus. However, observers may have underestimated Beijing’s true ambition. On October ...

Computer science and philosophy scholar Fernando Nascimento took to the airwaves recently to feature in a discussion on Maine public radio about “humanoid robots.” How close are robots to replicating ...

Was it love at first sight? It’s hard to say, but the Honolulu Zoo says there are positive signs that its resident female white-handed gibbon, Japan, is taking to her new male companion, Bono, who was ...

I was intrigued when I saw the first trailer for The Red Strain, Atomfall's second piece of DLC. There was a new brand of robot (which looked quite a lot like the old robots), a new fungus (which ...

Lots of people had stuffed animals when they were little. My personal favorite was a teddy bear in army fatigues, named—you guessed it—Army Bear. Fidel Castro was already taken, unfortunately. As much ...

Morgan Stanley predicts that the market for humanoid robots could be worth $5 trillion by 2050. So just how important a role are they likely to play in our everyday lives? Humanoid robots appear to ...

Following the launch of its “Companions” feature for “SuperGrok” subscribers, billionaire Elon Musk’s xAI is working on more controversial AI chatbot personas for consumers to bond with, including a ...

Whatever your views on AI, and there are some extreme ones out there, if history tells us anything, it’s probably that our views matter not. There was a point in time where computers were going to ...

Apple is still hard at work on becoming a relevant player in AI. The latest missive from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg suggests that Apple is shifting its artificial intelligence goals to center on new ...