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

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

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

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 ...

As chatbots grow more conversational, some users are forming emotional bonds with AI, raising questions about the future of ...

A first-of-its-kind statute went into effect in California at the start of the year, which imposes operational and reporting requirements related to companion chatbots. The law applies only to ...

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

Annie Chestnut Tutor is a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation. Autumn Dorsey is a visiting research assistant at The Heritage Foundation. Right ...

Florida's proposed AI Bill of Rights, spurred by a teen's suicide, aims to regulate chatbots for minors, sparking free speech ...

Artificial intelligence presents a mixed bag of risks and benefits for children that vary by age, according to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers who reviewed dozens of academic studies ...