Anthropic President Daniela Amodei warned that AI romantic partners could worsen loneliness and push people further away from ...

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Disney is paying $US20 million for Character.AI’s technology but not its users’ chats, which remain for sale to other bidders ...

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The groundbreaking AI unicorn Character.AI, a pioneering platform renowned for its interactive character-driven AI chat ...

Artificial intelligence has quietly entered a space once considered uniquely human: relationships. AI is no longer being developed merely to answer questions, ...

From ChatGPT to Replika, the MIT professor illustrates an alarming rise in the use of bots as substitutes for human company — ...

This in-depth exploration delves into the core question: "Where do the signals emitted by loneliness push people to?" It ...

Using ChatGPT or Replika as a shoulder to cry on? A new paper explains why chatbots that always listen and always agree can do more harm than good.

A new paper examines how seemingly supportive conversations with AI can potentially reinforce unhealthy thinking and emotional dependence. Despite repeated warnings about the risks of artificial ...