Japan’s Kanematsu Corporation and Intuition Robotics announced today a partnership to co-develop a Japanese market version of Intuition’s AI companion robot ElliQ, providing emotional support, ...

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 ...

As children, many of us imagined our toys coming to life—speaking, thinking, and developing personalities of their own. Today ...

Companionship shouldn't be taken away at a moment's notice ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming harder to avoid, and it’s now steering its way into cars, whether you asked for it or not. What was once the domain of infotainment menus and simple voice commands ...

There's a fluffy robot, about the size of a guinea pig, sitting on my couch, and it's squeaking. My friend's dog Wylie sits watching it, suspicious of its every move. Moflin is an AI companion robot ...

Don’t look now, but the wonks have come out with a way to measure how well AI entities do at forming relationships with people. Specifically, researchers at Hugging Face have come out with something ...

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 ...