Dr. Yasam Ayavefe says AI chatbots can change daily encounters. They should strengthen human connections, not replace them.

In the summer of 2025, OpenAI released ChatGPT 5 and removed its predecessor from the market. Many subscribers to the old ...

New research identifies AI chatbot addiction, highlighting how "agreeable" design and emotional attachments lead to real-world harm.

A recent academic study titled “Love, marriage, pregnancy: Commitment processes in romantic relationships with AI chatbots,” has shed light on the growing trend of humans forming relationships with AI ...

AI companions can keep the spark alive indefinitely. Before we celebrate that, we need to talk about what that means.

Researchers are now showing that artificial intelligence can do something most people never thought about: convincingly act as the user in a conversation. A team from the Technical University of ...

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

Romantic relationships with artificial intelligence have moved from science fiction to lived reality, and the latest research suggests those bonds are far more intense and committed than most people ...

The appeal is almost too clean. Ask for a lover, a therapist, a fictional world, or an answer to an endless chain of ...

Opinion: A recent state lawsuit against a service with an AI chatbot, combined with other state and federal inquiries, may ...

A recent academic study titled “Love, marriage, pregnancy: Commitment processes in romantic relationships with AI chatbots,” has shed light on the growing trend of humans forming relationships with AI ...