I Loved Being Social. Then I Started Talking to a Chatbot.

It was so much easier to have a conversation with a chatbot than a human being. But the more I talked to AI, the less I talked to everybody else.

Can AI Companions Help Cure the Loneliness Epidemic?

Companion apps promise to keep you company. We decided to put them to the test.

Can You Solve Loneliness? These Startups Are Betting On It.

Entrepreneurs focused on social connection are popping up around the country amid what medical practitioners are calling an epidemic