Abstract The emergence of female robot wives, humanoid robots designed for companionship, intimacy, and domestic partnership, ...

If you want a robot to learn faster, be mean to it.

Unitree Robotics has launched the R1, a remarkable humanoid robot capable of walking, running, dancing, cartwheeling, and even kung-fu kicks. It can also respond to voice commands and hold basic ...

Roughly 8% said their chatbot expressed love unprompted, and 42% are concerned that AI psychosis could affect them or someone they know.

AI's rapid advancement reshapes work, learning, and connection, but can't replace the depth of human relationships.

But Robin the Robot is different. Its main goal is to offer companionship and comfort — a noble goal, but a role of AI models ...

Author: Mark Stevens is the author of “No Lie Lasts Forever,” “The Fireballer” (2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series ...

There was a time, in the early 2000s, when I loved football with such naive intensity that I wore a different NFL jersey to ...

Many people today ask if robots can replace pets. They talk about robots that wag their tails or make soft sounds like ...

A few weeks before my daughter’s fourth birthday, I stumbled across an AI party planner called CelebrateAlly. “Looking to ...

Artificial intelligence companions are attractive and seem to “know” and “like” us because they make caring-ish statements.

Philip F Yuan and Bin He’s “Co-Poiesis” at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Photo: Luca Capuano/Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia Philip F Yuan and Bin He’s “Co-Poiesis” at the Venice Biennale of ...