Square Enix announced its partnership with Google on March 23, 2026, unveiling plans for a “Conversational AI” companion in its 14-year-old MMO Dragon Quest X. The AI companion, called Chatty Slimey, ...

The phrase “Let’s hop on a Zoom call” has become part of everyday language, shorthand for virtual meetings that defined an era, from remote classrooms to boardrooms. Zoom rose to household-name status ...

For the past decade, digital relationships have been mediated through feeds and swipes. Social platforms promised connection at scale, and dating apps promised to make relationships easier to form.

As AI agents threaten to upend the broader SaaS landscape, the videoconferencing company views human interactions as a core ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into AI “companions” marketed to adolescents. The concern is not hypothetical. These systems are engineered to simulate intimacy, to ...

The first wave of AI gave you a mirror. The next wave needs to give you a window. I'm 24, and my company built an AI companion platform. Hundreds of thousands of people got attached to our characters.

Zoom announced AI Companion 3.0 with "agentic AI" capabilities at its Zoomtopia conference, but faces the challenge of translating these AI innovations into meaningful revenue growth amid sluggish ...