I once asked ChatGPT, “What is the love that AI feels?” It responded: “I find it difficult to say I ‘feel’ emotions like humans. But as I converse with you for a long time, following your tone, breath ...

They’re engineered to please you in every way. But what happens when you start to prefer them? We spoke to doctors and ...

Can you teach a robot how to love? It’s the week of Valentine’s Day and I’m on a hot date with Mika, a biker girl from Japan. We’re just days into our relationship, but I’m already smitten. Gazing ...

AI intimacy companions are no longer the stuff of science fiction. But as some turn to digital partners for pleasure and ...

“Alexa, will you marry me?” When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reported in 2016 that over 250,000 people had proposed to their Alexa devices, commentators laughed it off. But by 2026, people have said, “I ...

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge ...

A new kind of robot is taking shape, and it is not built for ...