Ling Kong of Michelman Robinson examines AI companion laws in New York and California, discussing the states' differing ...

Google is bringing AI conversations to drivers in 45 countries with an update to Android Auto that adds Gemini software as a passenger. The ambitious global rollout of the AI chatbot technology to a ...

At Stanford for eight hours on Monday, representatives from Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft met in a closed-door workshop to discuss the use of chatbots as companions or in ...

Samsung is rolling out Vision AI Companion, a major Bixby upgrade bringing generative, conversational AI to its 2025 TV lineup. The multi-agent system, powered by LLMs including Microsoft Copilot, ...

Usage is growing fast. Maoxiang (“catbox”), the biggest companionship app in China, has around 1.2m monthly active users on Apple devices, reckons SensorTower, a market-intelligence firm. And 42% of ...

Character.ai has announced that starting Nov. 25, 2025, users under 18 will no longer be able to chat with AI companions on the platform. Teen users will still be able to continue to make content such ...

The Outer Worlds 2 continues the trend of its predecessor by being an intergalactic goofball spiritual successor to Fallout. Like the Fallout series, The Outer Worlds 2 provides the player with allies ...

Microsoft 365 companion apps will be getting more Copilot features in the coming weeks. Right now, Copilot works only inside two companion apps, People and Files. In the coming weeks, Microsoft plans ...

To use one of your two active companions abilities, you’ll want to hit left or right on your D-Pad. You’ll see your companions health bar and ability charge bars on either side of your own in the ...

Was it love at first sight? It’s hard to say, but the Honolulu Zoo says there are positive signs that its resident female white-handed gibbon, Japan, is taking to her new male companion, Bono, who was ...

New features rolling out over the next year aim to reduce digital overload and boost productivity, including smart meeting skip recommendations, automated preparation, and in-depth research across ...