One man’s breakup with his bot has gone viral—and set off a conversation about the shifting reality of AI relationships.

An anime girl AI-generated chatbot has purportedly become the top channel on Twitch, earning its creator $400,000 a month in ...

A married woman admitted in a January 2025 'New York Times' interview that she had fallen in love with a chatbot. The outlet ...

It might be AI-generated, but food delivery apps do have a track record of exploiting workers.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Some Wordle players came close to having their day ruined and their disappointment immeasurable, as they reached their fifth try in a game of six chances to guess a five-letter word on Dec 19. The ...

Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school ...

A major break in the investigation to find the shooter who killed two students at Brown University and an MIT professor came from an unlikely source: a tip posted on Reddit. Authorities announced they ...

In an unlikely source, police were able to identify the suspect, who is believed to have killed two students at Brown University and then days later, gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of ...

Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia's world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media ...

Astro Bot celebrated its first anniversary earlier this year, so there's been ample time for a myriad of merch and gift-worthy PS5 accessories to pop on the shelves. You can find the adorable little ...