Media coverage of AI companions taps into two primary fears. One is that young people will replace human friendships with AI.

An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.

It’s estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language ...

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ChatGPT cheat sheet for 2026, covering features, pricing, availability, support for older devices, how it works, and top ...

This move of the company aligns with a wider industry trend, as rivals OpenAI and Anthropic have already launched tools designed to streamline market analysis, investment memos, and other financial ...

Websites like youraislopbores.me have become playgrounds for people looking for light relief in a bot-heavy world.

During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb ...

One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter ...

We talk with one of the bill’s sponsors, Oregon Sen. Lisa Reynolds (D - Portland). And we hear from Kristin Bride, the executive director of the Carson J. Bride Effect, which she founded to protect ...

Here’s the question nobody’s asking but everybody should be: When you ask an AI for the truth, whose truth are you getting? Researchers at MIT, the University of East Anglia and a dozen other ...

President Donald Trump's war on woke has entered the AI chat. The White House on Wednesday issued an executive order requiring any AI model used by the federal government to be ideologically neutral, ...