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

The human experience is messy, not sanitized. Creating the illusion of a long-term perfect friendship or romantic ...

Valerie Tiberius, professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the author of the forthcoming book “Artificially ...

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks with Databricks Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference ... significantly reduce loneliness and increase trust ...

A clip of Mark Zuckerberg talking about AI companions quickly went viral ... “Nothing would solve my loneliness like having 12 friends I made up,” TV writer Mike Drucker joked on Bluesky.

Mark Zuckerberg recently shared his goal of turning AI chatbots into friends, but many experts have pointed out the dangers ...

If Zuck cared about the worrisome state of social isolation in the U.S., then maybe he shouldn't support an administration ...

Meta and Microsoft are venturing into AI companionship to combat the growing loneliness epidemic, as highlighted by Mark Zuckerberg's vision of AI friends. These AI companions aim to provide ...

In an interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel this week, around the time Meta released a new programming interface for its AI ...