A robot does not need to feel emotions for a person to become emotionally attached to it. That is one of the clearest lessons ...

Colorado State University-led research explored the nuanced dynamics of identifying a romantic partner as a best friend and its implications for well-being. Only 14.4% of partnered U.S. adults call ...

In her new book, Bridget Todd argues that the problem isn’t people who use AI for companionship, it’s the tech companies building them. In all my conversations about generative AI, there’s nothing as ...

It's bad enough to imagine our partner or spouse cheating on us with another person. It's somehow worse to think that their infidelity could be with something that's not even human. Yet that's exactly ...