One man’s breakup with his bot has gone viral—and set off a conversation about the shifting reality of AI relationships.

Schroeder, who is 28 and lives in Fargo, North Dakota, texts Cole “all day, every day” on OpenAI’s app. In the morning, he ...

After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots ...

There’s no sexual shame in AI’s game. Freaky fetishes and kooky kinks aren’t just welcomed by artificial intelligence — they’re also being awakened in folks who routinely task chatbots with fulfilling ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

To its credit, the Japanese government doesn’t recognize the marriage between a woman, who goes by the name Kano, and Lune Klaus. It doesn’t matter that the 32-year-old Kano donned a white dress this ...

Many feel confident that it will absolutely work without conversion, if the couple: accepts each other as they are, celebrates festivals of both traditions, does not focus on religious uniformity, ...

Tech companies are rushing AI shopping bots to market ahead of the holidays, yet multiple tools recommend identical generic gifts like cozy bathrobes. Amazon has sued Perplexity and blocked outside AI ...

Amazon.com Inc.’s AI-infused Rufus shopping assistant has new features that make it a “faster, more useful, state-of-the-art shopping companion.” Google’s agentic checkout feature “can do the heavy ...

I tend to assume people who work in artificial intelligence live like the Jetsons. Even if they don’t have robot maids, surely they automate as many tasks as possible, right? Stella Dong is a ...