I recently installed an iPhone chatbot app called Replika AI that generates personalized AI friends. I get to share my thoughts, feelings, beliefs and wishes with the bot just as I would with a human ...

"I'd rather have a Paper Doll to call my own than have a fickle-minded real live girl."—The Mills Brothers The existence of robots is no longer a new phenomenon in our society. The new issue is, to ...

To the editor: As both a constitutional and criminal defense lawyer for people charged with prostitution-related offenses, I applaud Professor Rob Brooks’ support for future purchasers of artificially ...

Wei Gao, an assistant professor of medical engineering at Caltech thinks developers have demonstrated a "proof of concept" but he wants to continue developing the skin. Getty Images Sex robots could ...