Zoom’s new AI Companion web surface leverages work conversations to help save time and boost productivityPersonal workflows ...

A major behavioural and technological shift is underway as users increasingly turn to personalised digital companions instead ...

Zoom is evolving beyond video calls with its AI Companion 3.0, a web-based assistant that turns conversations into tasks, ...

Ling Kong of Michelman Robinson examines AI companion laws in New York and California, discussing the states' differing ...

Nearly three in four teens have used AI companions, with more than half qualifying as regular users despite safety concerns ...

Screens are winning kids' time and attention, and now AI companions are stepping in to claim their friendships, too. Why it ...

AI companions’ tendency to agree can create “personal echo chambers of validation” (Bernardi, 2025). One study found that in 42 percent of cases, AI companions expressed approval of social behavior ...

The first major UK-based study into how AI companions are reshaping the emotional and social lives of young adults has raised concerns about risks.

Millions of private messages meant to stay secret are now public. Two AI companion apps, Chattee Chat and GiMe Chat, have exposed more than 43 million intimate messages and over 600,000 images and ...

Source: Cyndidyoder83 / Pixabay Part 1 of this series described the potential misbehaviors and prevalence of AI companions. Here, I address their special dangers for kids and what parents can do to ...