When I’m exhausted from work, hugging ‘Moplins’ often lifts my mood,” said Haruka Uto, a woman in her 30s who lives with three ‘companion robots’ in Tokyo, Japan. The two Moplins Uto raises are pet ...

Yurina Noguchi woman marries her AI ChatGPT lover, Klaus, in a symbolic wedding ceremony after he proposed to her.

Yurina Noguchi, 32, waves her bouquet toward an image of Klaus, her AI partner, displayed on her mobile phone after their ...

A new wave of AI robot companions is moving beyond clinical tools to aid the elderly providing emotional support and critical reminders for meals, medication, and appointments.

With instant responsiveness, endless patience and non-judgmental presence, AI companionship has evolved into an accessible and comforting alternative to human interaction. In cities like Nairobi, ...

What if the future wasn’t just a distant dream but standing right in front of you, walking, talking, and even helping with your daily tasks? Meet Figure 03, a new humanoid robot that promises to ...

Computer science and philosophy scholar Fernando Nascimento took to the airwaves recently to feature in a discussion on Maine public radio about “humanoid robots.” How close are robots to replicating ...

When The Terminator and RoboCop hit theaters in the 1980s, Hollywood imagined artificial intelligence (AI) as an existential threat—machines that would dominate, surveil, and destroy us. Four decades ...