Within two days of launching its AI companions in July 2025, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot app Grok became the most popular app in ...

Interacting with an AI companion like you would a trusted friend may not seem intriguing to a parent, but researchers have ...

AI companions are may be today's wolves in sheep's clothing. Lurking within the companion is a bot aiming to support the user ...

As AI becomes increasingly more entrenched into our everyday lives, a new survey in the UK has found that nearly a third of children using AI chatbots said that they would describe the technology as ...

I feel like I'm writing a science fiction novel, but this is a reality that needs to be clearly stated: bots are not human. Yet, we're allowing them to become companions for our children and our young ...

The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...

Sarah lost sleep, forgot to eat, and missed work after forming an emotional attachment to a chatbot. Now she's sounding the alarm to others about the dangers of AI.

Some Americans are using AI chatbots for therapy. Mental health experts share when it is, and isn't, safe to use those tools for emotional support.

Our children deserve better than computer code companionship. They deserve us, writes guest columnist Travis T. Apgar, Vice President for Student Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in ...