I call her my roommate," the grandmother said as she introduced her companion robot almost as if it were human. Artificial intelligence ... wrote in January in the MIT Technology Review.

Some seniors in New York are successfully combating their loneliness with an AI-powered companion robot named ElliQ—while others called the "proactive" device a nag and joked about taking an ax ...

Researchers are using AI and technological advancements to create companion robots This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it ...