Even for basic questions like who they are and what they do, the responses from Companions were cheeky. The Grok AI app, which made headlines last week for its antisemitic posts, has now added AI ...

It’s here. It’s there. Everywhere you look, AI. Each Google search returns a lengthy AI summary before providing links to relevant search results. Chatbots pop up as soon as you go online to make ...

Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn’t a person—it’s an AI companion chatbot. These AI chatbots can be indistinguishable ...

One of the new AI ‘companions’ launched by Elon Musk’s xAI, the company that owns the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), is being reportedly tweaked. Musk took to X to write that Rudy, the ...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into seven tech companies around potential harms their artificial intelligence chatbots could cause to children and teenagers. The inquiry ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

The use of AI companions is no longer niche behavior but has become embedded in mainstream teenage life, according to a new report. A nationally representative survey of 1,060 teens ages 13 to 17, ...