Mental health care can be difficult to access in the U.S. Insurance coverage is spotty and there aren't enough mental health professionals to cover the nation's need, leading to long waits and costly ...

That includes homework help. There are a lot of obvious reasons to be worried about kids using AI for their homework. You don't want them to outsource the learning that the homework aims to ...

Samsung plans to launch Ballie, an AI companion robot that it has been working on since 2020. Samsung showed off Ballie at ...

Now, the idea of having such a robot in our homes feels like it's inching closer to reality with the unveiling of NEO Gamma. Developed by the artificial intelligence company 1X, this isn't your ...

First unveiled in 2020, the football-sized robot has received several upgrades ahead of its first public launch, including the integration of Google’s Gemini AI. “Through this partnership ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Yes, the robotic vacuum is still a robot. But they have never been truly intelligent. That last piece in the puzzle has emerged with agentic AI – the ability to reason and initiate action ...

"No one is talking about what is different about kids ... In fact, AI mental health chatbots could impair children's social development. Evidence shows that children believe robots have ...