New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

More teens are turning to AI companions for comfort, distraction, and a sense of connection. For some, that comfort seems to ...

It is a universal tendency to assign or impute human emotional, cognitive, and behavioral qualities to nonhuman creatures and things. Owls are “wise.” Swollen rivers are “raging” and “angry.” ...

You may have heard the famous answer to the question, “Why climb a mountain?” (“Because it is there.”) The same could be said about our desire to create programs that can communicate with us in a ...

The common thread is not the industry or the task. In every case, the work involves aggregating the data, connecting the ...

Digital technologies can play a double-edged role in modern society; while they offer new forms of participation and access, ...