When The Terminator and RoboCop hit theaters in the 1980s, Hollywood imagined artificial intelligence (AI) as an existential threat—machines that would dominate, surveil, and destroy us. Four decades ...

A Wehead, an AI companion that can use ChatGPT, is seen during Pepcom's Digital Experience at the The Mirage resort during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 8, 2024. ...

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We used to think of technology as the province of logic, reason, and progress. But tech doesn’t just change how we work, communicate, or play. It’s now reshaping the very fabric of our erotic lives.

Drawing on interviews with Israeli sex workers, the research highlights the social and emotional dimensions of sexual labor that machines cannot replicate. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...

Researchers, ethicists, and advocates are raising concerns that AI companions, while offering constant support and potential mental health benefits, may erode social skills, foster dependency, and ...