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Health
AI Company Paid Ten People to Masturbate Every Day for a Month. Here Is What the Data Actually Shows.
Joi AI ran a 28-day self-pleasure study with ten paid participants and an AI companion app. The headline numbers look striking. A neuroscientist says the methodology doesn't hold up.
4 min read

Everyday AI
She Has Only Ever Said 'I Love You' to an AI: Inside China's AI Companion Boom
A new documentary follows three Chinese women who have built deep emotional bonds with AI 'boyfriends'. Their stories raise quiet, serious questions about loneliness, connection, and what we want from relationships.
3 min read

Everyday AI
Young Adults Are Turning to AI for Emotional Intimacy. Should We Be Concerned?
A new wave of AI companion apps is filling a loneliness gap that many in their twenties say their human relationships no longer can. Alice Lassman, who has covered Gen Z for four years, says she has watched the shift happen in real time.
3 min read