What do human relationships with chatbots say about friendship? A philosopher considers

Are there potential benefits to artificial friendships, or is the idea of a mechanical friend sadder or more pathetic than ...
Nature

AI avatars are reshaping society in China — the law is trying to catch up

At the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Guangzhou, students can listen to lectures given by AI avatars that ...

I loved ChatGPT Desktop until OpenAI gutted it to make room for Codex and Work

OpenAI just merged the ChatGPT desktop app with Codex - and removed my favorite productivity features. What were they ...
Technical.ly

Maryland is building a roadmap for state info and LLMs, using a simple text file to guide chatbot queries

With residents increasingly using AI assistants for public services, engineering head David Holmes explains how the ...
digitalphablet

No Chores, Just Chat: 99K-Size Humanoid Robot Coming Home

A cutting-edge robot capable of mimicking human actions and engaging in lifelike conversation is on the verge of entering homes across the country, sparking excitement and curiosity. The advanced ...
Motor Trend

Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot Review: Price, Teardown, and Why Automakers Are Investing

You can now buy your own humanoid robot and make your own videos of it doing backflips and such. Chinese startup UniTree was founded in 2016 by Wang Xingxing, who’d built a quadruped robot called XDog ...
9to5Mac

Siri AI app on iOS 27 lets users easily switch between Siri and ChatGPT

The new Siri app on iOS 27 defaults to the new Siri AI, but there is a way to quickly switch to ChatGPT at any time. Here’s how it works. iOS 27 includes a dedicated Siri app with a familiar ...