Half of US teens now use AI chatbots, study finds. Many apps promise friendship, not homework help—and kids under 13 are sneaking on.

The virtual girlfriend industry has matured dramatically. What started as basic chatbots has evolved into sophisticated nsfw ...

Last year’s Super Bowl ads promoted AI. This year’s ones actually use it. The first mostly AI-generated ad to air during the ...

AI companions are the first wave in a new paradigm of human-machine relationships that conflate how to make love with how we make money. Welcome to the intimacy economy.

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A SINGLE woman says her new male sex doll is offering things that real men can’t – but there’s a surprising downside. Sofia, 24, from eastern Europe, ordered her £2,092 ...

Scroll through any corner of pop culture right now and you’ll see the same pattern repeating: audiences don’t just want stories—they want participation. We choose dialogue options in games, remix ...

There is a big pressure in China to find a successful husband but the men I went on dates with would actually earn less than ...

GUANGZHOU – The burgeoning development of artificial intelligence has found a sultry new frontier in the sex robot industry, as a Chinese company unveils a new series of realistic dolls designed to ...

Razer doesn't know exactly what it's creating, but it still wants you to put money down on its desktop AI gadget.

AI technology company Bravo iDeas announced on January 20 that it is entering the AI toy market with an emotional AI toy that combines AI chips with large language models (LLMs). The toy features a ...

Love and Deepspace controversy fuels up male insecurity debate echoing 4B movement of South Korea that rejects relationships with men The post $2,800 Love and Deepspace controversy fuels up “male ...