Dear Carol: I have a neighbor who worries me. She is in her eighties and lives alone. She apparently has a daughter who lives in California, but she doesn't seem to have much contact with this ...

Last year, a Harvard study on chatbots drew a startling conclusion: AI companions significantly reduce loneliness. The researchers found that “synthetic conversation partners,” or bots engineered to ...

At a time when New York City has declared a state of emergency amid an influx of thousands of migrants, social safety nets have been strained. Inflation has led to a spike in demand for social ...