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.

Huawei has launched its first AI-powered emotional-companion pet, Smart Hanhan, at the recent Mate 80 series event. The ...

Rather than offering random responses, thoughtful AI characters detect mood, adjust tone, and respond with empathy. When ...

Your AI companion handles the continuity, the connections, and the perfect recall that makes long-form storytelling possible.

MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa ...

Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with ...

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

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 ...

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 ...