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In a vision of the near future shared at CES, a girl slides into the back seat of her parents’ car and the cabin instantly comes alive. The vehicle recognizes her, knows it’s her birthday…
When Quentin Farmer was getting his startup Portola off the ground, one of the first hires he made was a sci-fi novelist. The co-founders began building the AI companion company in late…
Eileen Guo writes: Even if you don’t have an AI friend yourself, you probably know someone who does. A recent study found that one of the top uses of generative AI is companionship: On…
At Stanford, dozens of attendees participated in lengthy chats about the risks, as well as the benefits, of bot companions. “At the end of the day we actually see a lot of agreement,” says…
There’s a new AI companion in town. Just don’t call it that. Launching today, Stream Ring is a wearable device that lets you capture your thoughts, brainstorm ideas, prepare for an…
Bipartisan legislation announced Tuesday that aims to crack down on tech companies that make artificial intelligence chatbots available to minors. Source link
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us: rogue superintelligence, mass unemployment, or environmental ruin. But another threat…
Warning: This story contains spoilers for “The Long Walk,” now in theaters. Let’s set the scene: A group of 50 young men, all from different states and counties, walk side by side in the…
Nearly three in four American teenagers have used AI companions, with more than half qualifying as regular users despite growing safety concerns about these virtual relationships,…
![‘The Long Walk’ Star Garrett Wareing Breaks Down Stebbins’ [SPOILER] Scene: ‘He Begins to See the Boys as Companions, Not Adversaries’](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_0760_VTlB4UYx_20250908080340-e1757699297797.jpg?crop=0px%2C80px%2C2832px%2C1593px&resize=1000%2C563)
