AI chatbots, Taylor Swift, and social media influencers all played a part in deciding Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, 2025: "parasocial." Parasocial — revealed by the global dictionary on ...

As social media blurs the line between familiarity and friendship, parasocial relationships are becoming increasingly common. But how do these one-sided emotional bonds form, and when do they start ...

Image: Ralph Losey, Losey AI LLC, using his Visual Muse GPT. Harvard and Wharton Study Answers Questions of Whether AI Friendship Chatbots Reduce Loneliness Better Than…? Watching television? … Yes!

The moment half your body stops responding to your commands ranks among the most frightening experiences imaginable. Whether you’re the one affected or witnessing it happen to someone else, ...

As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the ...