Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.

“Companion,” the debut feature of director Drew Hancock, promises audiences a feminist take on the well-known “ my partner is a robot ” trope. At a virtual college journalist roundtable, The Michigan ...

Although it does not have any direct connection with “Companion,” this sense of adoration for a form of AI is similar to a real-life situation from October 2024, when 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III ...

companion robot for children developed by a Chinese company recently completed an early stage small-scale startup financing initiative, also known as an angel round, worth tens of millions of yuan. A ...

“Companion” is a straightforward attempt at humanizing — for lack of a better word — the artificial world, posing unanswered ...

Abstract: The conducted research aims to develop a computer vision system for a small-sized mobile humanoid robot. The decentralization of the servomotor control and the computer vision systems is ...

At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the spotlight was on an unexpected yet fascinating innovation—Aria, an AI robot designed to be a companion. Developed by the American tech company Realbotix ...

Though Companion‘s twist of one of the main characters, Iris (Sophie Thatcher), being an AI robot was revealed in the movie’s ...

Companion,’ directed by Drew Hancock, and produced by Zach Cregger of ‘Barbarian,’ offers warnings and asks questions about ...

Abstract: The energy of water surface jumping is easily lost due to the fluidity and splashing of water. As the robot's size and mass increase, its jumping performance is more significantly affected.

Director Drew Hancock’s new sci-fi thriller 'Companion', starring Sophie Thatcher ... practical and digital effects used to depict her robotic features.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Sophie Thatcher, left, and Jack Quaid in a scene from ...