The North Carolina-based company CareYaya has developed the Yaya Bear, a soft, AI-powered social robotic companion designed ...

In her tiny sunlit Seoul apartment, Kim Jeong-ran sat on her bed, talking affectionately to a cloth doll perched on her lap. “Hyodol, you’re my lovely granddaughter,” the 81-year-old said, cupping the ...

Soon after people enter old age, fear of loneliness haunts them, as most of their children or grandchildren are far ...

Studies show young people forming deep emotional bonds with AI companions, raising concerns about long-term social ...

CMU evaluated how robots using LLMs behave when they have access to personal information such as a person’s gender, ...

A new generation of toys powered by artificial intelligence is hitting the marketplace this year, from robots that can hold an entire conversation with your kid or a box that turns verbal descriptions ...

As states strive to curb health insurers' use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI ...