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The LinkedIn cofounder warned that AI systems marketed as friends harm human connection amid Mark Zuckerberg's push for AI ...
Think you could use a few more friends? Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI will do the trick. In a recent interview with ...
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 conversation with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel and argued that it’s only a ...
Opinion
Friends without benefits
Facebook exacerbated loneliness. Meta is on a mission to make America even lonelier.
MIT Technology Review’s highly subjective take on the latest buzz about AI: including Meta’s AI friends and how generative AI is helping a Neuralink patient communicate faster.
AI can't solve America's loneliness crisis, argues this opinion piece, as technology can’t replace the genuine human ...
Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. OpenAI’s ...
An AI companion service's new survey says Gen Z would be okay with an AI marriage – but that's ridiculous, right?
Even though CEOs are intrigued by how AI can help their organization, many remain somewhat vague on the exact nature of that ...
Talking through relationship problems with a friend is a great way to get perspective, but if friends aren't available, can ...
While Zuckerberg envisions a future where AI can replace friendships, experts caution that machines cannot replace the depth ...