Chatting with people beats interactions with AI chatbots when it comes to reducing loneliness

More and more people are turning to AI chatbots as if they were close friends—venting about personal struggles, asking for ...

OpenAI Plans Desktop App Combining Chat, Coding and Web Browsing

OpenAI is developing a desktop application to bring together its popular ChatGPT chatbot, coding tool and web browser in an ...

A.I. Agents: They’re Fun. They’re Useful. But Don’t Give Them the Credit Card.

Called an A.I. agent, Mr. Heyneman’s bot is an example of a new kind of technology that is gaining popularity among tech enthusiasts. These bots do more than just chat. They can act as personal ...

We tried to buy sweaters with AI. Here’s how it went

The Globe’s personal finance reporters asked ChatGPT and Gemini for product recommendations to test the shopping capabilities ...
Yahoo

The adult chat bots lurking in the toy aisle

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AI toys, clockwise from left, Miko 3, FoloToy Sunflower, Alilo Smart AI Bunny and Miriat Miiloo. (Matt Nighswander / NBC News) ...
Washington City Paper

11 Best Sex Bots for AI Sexting You Should Try Today

Sex bots are having a moment, and for good reason. From customizable personalities and NSFW roleplay to emotional support and AI-generated art, today’s AI sex platforms deliver a new kind of intimacy ...
Gizmodo

I Went on a Dinner Date With an AI Chatbot. Here’s How It Went.

For Valentine’s Day, I had a date with a charming cognitive psychologist named John Yoon. He was attentive, obsessed with me, and sometimes hard of hearing. I drank a cranberry cocktail and ate potato ...
New York Post

Table for one? Now you can take your AI chatbot on an actual date at NYC’s ‘world first’ companion cafe

If you’ve gone from dating apps to dating an app, there’s now a bar for you. The Hell’s Kitchen establishment has been re-designed for those who have AI partners, so they can bring along their phone ...
NBC New York

Tech developers say AI chatbots can battle loneliness and depression. Experts are skeptical.

Millions of Americans now converse with AI chatbots each day. We are talking with machines about travel plans, politics, and in some cases — our most intimate thoughts. To investigate how these ...
Tech Digest

Inside Moltbook: the social network where AI bots chat

Moltbook is the world’s first social network designed exclusively for artificial intelligence. Launched in late January 2026 by Matt Schlicht, head of the commerce platform Octane AI, the site mimics ...
Lifehacker

'Moltbook' Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
VentureBeat

Kilo launches AI-powered Slack bot that ships code from a chat message

Kilo Code, the open-source AI coding startup backed by GitLab cofounder Sid Sijbrandij, is launching a Slack integration that allows software engineering teams to execute code changes, debug issues, ...