You reach for a shortcut because you have to keep life moving: a clamp on a pipe, a can in the trunk, an extension cord snaked across the room. You tell yourself it is only for tonight, only until the ...

The first story, typically told by software designers and AI companies, urges people to say “I do” to AI and embrace bespoke friendship programmed on your behalf. AI company Replika, for instance, ...

Wringing out clues that could change everything.