This effort by Microsoft to get consumers to embrace AI across their digital lives is part of a larger trend. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...

AI companions are trying to communicate care, affection, reassurance, attention, intimacy and presence.

Fifty years after the founding of Microsoft, the CEO of its artificial intelligence division has a big task: develop a new product line as integral to daily life as the software giant’s past ...

Brainly AI Learning Companion provides students with sophisticated personal tutoring on an assignment and course level rather than on a question-by-question basis. As students become increasingly ...

Just a few years ago, the idea of someone marrying their AI chatbot might have sounded like the plot of a film. Today, it is no longer just an idea. In July 2025, an article in The Guardian featured ...