“AI doesn’t push back, it doesn’t challenge you, and it doesn’t require emotional presence,” Michael Salas, lead analyst and licensed therapist with Vantage Point Counseling, explained in the report, ...

“Our objective today is to figure out the nature of this project and what we must do to contain it.” The show, which was never completed, was pitched to the streamer as a high-concept thriller about ...

Very few serious experts think today’s AI models are conscious, but many regular people feel differently about the bots, which are designed to foster emotional connection to keep engagement up. Users ...