The Download: Regulators are coming for AI companions, and meet our Innovator of 2025
As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us: rogue superintelligence, mass unemployment, or...
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The Download: A “dire wolf” revival, and safeguarding AI companions
“No longer do I have to drive a symbol of racism, greed and ignorance! Life is suddenly so much better!” —Actor Bette Middler expresses her...
AI companions are the final stage of digital addiction, and lawmakers are taking aim
You might think that such AI companionship bots—AI models with distinct “personalities” that can learn about you and act as a friend, lover, cheerleader, or...