Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across classrooms, workplaces, and online spaces, we see a troubling pattern of brilliant minds constrained by systems that leave ...

Timely research reports modern chatbots are very good at emotionally connecting with humans, but with an ironic twist: the conversations resonated much more if people didn’t know they were talking to ...

There is a subtle but profound shift happening in our offices, both physical and virtual: the rapid erosion of human connection. Five years ago, if a junior employee hit a roadblock, they would swivel ...

Loneliness and social isolation are now recognized as major public health threats, prompting governments to explore technological solutions. Research from Monash University argues new AI "digital ...

Earlier this year, an OpenAI study reached a troubling conclusion: Heavy ChatGPT users are more likely to report loneliness than non-users. The correlation between usage and feelings of social ...

Freddy del Barrio is building Companion AI to create emotionally aware systems designed to support connection, memory, & long ...

As AI penetrates every industry and business operation to boost productivity, efficiency, and personalization, a bigger problem arises: the paradox of connection. AI creates more interactions than ...