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SCOUT· 58%30m·2026-03-11·TechnologyArtificial intimacy: Prescribing robots to combat loneliness
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After Tony’s wife died, days would go by without him speaking to anyone. Then he got a live-in AI robot called ElliQ. It chats to him, plays games with him and reminds him to eat and exercise. Since ElliQ arrived, Tony has been much less lonely. In this episode: policymakers are trialling AI companions to help tackle…
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