What Microsoft’s Copilot Report Reveals—and the Missing Questions About Human Impact and What It Should Measure Next.

Schools have been concerned about the effect of AI on academic integrity. But an assortment of studies suggest there are ...

AI companionship has long been the subject of science fiction, but today, it's a real-world thing, too, quietly reshaping ...

State and federal regulators are becoming increasingly concerned about the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Screens are winning kids' time and attention, and now AI companions are stepping in to claim their friendships, too. Why it ...

AI companions’ tendency to agree can create “personal echo chambers of validation” (Bernardi, 2025). One study found that in 42 percent of cases, AI companions expressed approval of social behavior ...

Ling Kong of Michelman Robinson examines AI companion laws in New York and California, discussing the states' differing ...

The technology is changing the way many people meet and form relationships but some experts believe it may do more harm than ...

Millions of private messages meant to stay secret are now public. Two AI companion apps, Chattee Chat and GiMe Chat, have exposed more than 43 million intimate messages and over 600,000 images and ...

Source: Cyndidyoder83 / Pixabay Part 1 of this series described the potential misbehaviors and prevalence of AI companions. Here, I address their special dangers for kids and what parents can do to ...