Update, November 12, 2026: Character.AI is in a court-supervised sale. Bids are due November 24. An auction is scheduled for December 1 and a sale hearing for December 3–4, though the court can move either
A clip that went viral on TikTok shows a man in another country steering a tiny robot toward his girlfriend while she’s on the toilet. She kicks it. It rolls back upright. Cybernews opened its
Most contact center AI news is about bots that take calls away from people. Observe.AI’s Companion Agent goes the other way. It sits beside the human rep, briefs them before a call, prompts them during
AI companion apps drew an estimated $82 million in app-store consumer spending in the first half of 2025, and Appfigures projected more than $120 million for the full year, as TechCrunch reported. For the first
Quantum computing is going to supercharge AI. You’ve read that sentence a dozen times by now, usually right before a promise that weeks of training will shrink to seconds. I read it and wince. Then
Your phone buzzes at 7am. It’s your sister asking if Mom took her blood pressure medication. By 9am there are three more texts, a missed call from the pharmacy, and an unconfirmed doctor’s appointment. This
Ani now lives in Animates, a separate app from Animation Inc. Your Grok history, memories, and affection progress did not transfer. Judge every animated AI companion on four points: face, voice, memory, and exit. Animated
No evidence shows that Character.AI causes brain damage. No study has scanned a Character.AI user’s brain. “Brain rot” isn’t a condition any clinician can test for. That answer won’t satisfy someone who searched this at
A chatbot can explain almost any routine convincingly. Tell it you pour a drink after work, and it might name stress, reward, boredom, or the need for a line between office and home. Each explanation
Ask someone if they’re “addicted” to their AI chatbot and most will laugh it off. Ask how many hours they spent inside a fictional storyline last week, and the laughter usually stops. A 2026 study