Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowds flooded the freshly opened showroom floors on day two of CES 2026 and were met by thousands of robots, AI companions, ...

Sometimes AI doesn’t need to be a know-it-all, it just wants to keep you company. Sometimes AI doesn’t need to be a know-it-all, it just wants to keep you company. is a London-based reporter at The ...

Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI ...

As artificial intelligence continues to weave itself into everyday life, a new category of technology is quietly reshaping how humans think about companionship: AI pets. For many, the idea evokes ...

Computer science and philosophy scholar Fernando Nascimento took to the airwaves recently to feature in a discussion on Maine public radio about “humanoid robots.” How close are robots to replicating ...

What if the future wasn’t just a distant dream but standing right in front of you, walking, talking, and even helping with your daily tasks? Meet Figure 03, a new humanoid robot that promises to ...

Preferring a robot to a human being remains a very minority choice today, but intimate or romantic relationships with robots or AI are beginning to be studied seriously, particularly by women. However ...

Source: Tony Lam Hoang / Unsplash Maybe you don't have an AI companion for sex. But chances are you already have an AI companion. Given a name to your go-to AI source or voice-based conversational ...

CES 2026 is already shaping up to be an interesting year for robots. But while some companies are chasing humanoids that can help you do stuff, there are also a surprising number of robots whose main ...