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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the hilly outskirts of sunny Barcelona, Spanish scientist Sergi Santos looks proudly over what appears to be five busty women in tiny shorts and tank tops ...

Robotics company Realbotix has shown off what CEO Andrew Kiguel claims to be a “social” robot designed to “tackle the staggering loneliness epidemic,” as Forbes reports. But we can’t shake the feeling ...