Mark Zuckerberg thinks maybe it’s time you send an AI bot a friend request. Last week, the Meta CEO sat down for an hour-long ...

While Zuckerberg envisions a future where AI can replace friendships, experts caution that machines cannot replace the depth ...

One tip to encourage kids to make eye contact with others is by modeling it yourself. “They need to see that someone is giving them eye contact, that’s meeting them,” Cousins said.

"Zuckerberg accurately diagnoses our crisis of isolation. But the solution will not be automated," writes Kim Samuel.

In an April interview on the Dwarkesh Podcast, founder and CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg discussed the opportunity presented by ...

Zuckerberg insists Meta is doing this because people are wanting more connectivity. Apparently in the mind of big-tech, more ...

Gopnik makes no prescriptive claims in her analysis, but when we think of AI in this way, it becomes evident that in seeking ...

In an interview with Dwarkesh Patel, Mark Zuckerberg said that AI friends wouldn’t replace in-person connections. But experts disagree. How can AI friends or companions impact loneliness?

Facebook exacerbated loneliness. Meta is on a mission to make America even lonelier.

Chris Pelkey, 37, was fatally shot in November 2021 during a road rage incident in Chandler, Arizona. On May 1, his AI ...

"I do not," Sam Altman replied when asked if he'd want his son's best friend to be an AI chatbot.

I am proposing that rather than act like an opinionated friend, AI would produce a map of the landscape of human knowledge and opinions for you to navigate, one you can use to get somewhere a bit ...