New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

A recent academic study titled “Love, marriage, pregnancy: Commitment processes in romantic relationships with AI chatbots,” has shed light on the growing trend of humans forming relationships with AI ...

AI chatbots are replicating the human ego and projecting it onto the universe, leading to absurdities and false premises ...

Romantic relationships with artificial intelligence have moved from science fiction to lived reality, and the latest research suggests those bonds are far more intense and committed than most people ...

Researchers are now showing that artificial intelligence can do something most people never thought about: convincingly act as the user in a conversation. A team from the Technical University of ...

As artificial intelligence has gotten smarter, more pervasive and more human-like, chatbots are taking off. Companies like Replika and character.ai invite users to create personalized digital ...

Artificial intelligence, the theory goes, is supposed to become more and more human. Chatbot conversations should eventually be nearly indistinguishable from those with your fellow man. But a funny ...

A significant number of teens say conversations with AI chatbots feel more satisfying than talking with actual humans, and one in three say they would choose AI companions over people for serious ...

“Alexa, will you marry me?” When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reported in 2016 that over 250,000 people had proposed to their Alexa devices, commentators laughed it off. But by 2026, people have said, “I ...

A teen's fake chatbot site has 25 million visitors and hints at the next backlash against an internet stuffed with AI slop.

A recent academic study titled “Love, marriage, pregnancy: Commitment processes in romantic relationships with AI chatbots,” has shed light on the growing trend of humans forming relationships with AI ...