America's late-night TV hosts have rallied behind fellow comedian Jimmy Kimmel after he was suspended by ABC in a row over comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk. Stephen Colbert began his ...

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing ...

AI voice generators have evolved far beyond the robotic monotones of early text-to-speech systems. In 2025, these platforms can now produce highly realistic, natural-sounding voices that are nearly ...

“I’m Syntaxx, your AI performer,” the robot said when asked who he is. “I’m here to assist you with a variety of tasks, share information and even entertain you. Whether you have questions, need ...

The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

As students arrive on campus for fall classes, several universities have locked down their campuses after reports of mass shootings that turned out to be false. By Christina Morales Less than an hour ...

As they were growing up, her children Aviva and Eric only ever heard her speak through a machine with an emotionless robotic voice. But 25 years on, artificial intelligence (AI) has recreated their ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

Humans have chosen an official slur for AI and anything else perceived as robotic, especially those awful customer service bots: Clankers. This term first appeared in the Star Wars franchise to refer ...

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