Brad Knox researches the benefits and risks of AI companions ...

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Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption ...

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Tech companies are offering AI companions as a convenient cure for the loneliness epidemic, but there have been other forms of faux relationships, and they tend to have more to do with ego than heart.

A new report from Bangor University has revealed almost all teenagers are using AI systems for companionship. The study ...

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The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is creating a new digital divide in K–12 education, an AI skills gap that threatens to leave some students behind. While some schools are ...