Key point: Businesses operating companion chatbots in California or New York are subject to new legal obligations, including providing notices to users and ensuring protocols are in place to prevent ...

Over the last five years the use of highly personalized artificial intelligence chatbots — called companion chatbots — designed to act as friends, therapists or even romantic partners has skyrocketed ...

As Artificial intelligence moves into every corner of modern life, we examine the ways AI enhances how we have fun and seek connection. Companions chatbots created by generative artificial ...

AI chatbot” is a broad label. Some chatbots are productivity tools; others are companions; others are therapy-adjacent (often ...

In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness and social isolation as a pressing health threat. This crisis is driving millions to seek companionship from artificial intelligence (AI) ...

A screenshot from the site Replika, which creates a custom chatbot that mirrors the user. AI is not just for automating tasks or coming up with new recipe ideas. Increasingly, people are turning to AI ...