Picture the scene: man forms bond with AI therapist. AI therapist coaches man to tragic end. It could be a Black Mirror episode. Only, this isn’t pure fiction. Increasingly, worryingly, men are outsourcing their mental health needs to non-sentient AI chatbots. Is this the future of therapy or a step closer to a dystopian future?

I haven’t written an article focused on AI since issue 353, when naturally I talked mostly about the television series Quantum Leap and its AI Ziggy. Sadly, Quantum Leap is now no more – the reboot le

Most of us know that computers can beat humans at chess. Did you also know that they can now beat us at Go. Perhaps the bigger question is why humans chose tabletop games as the benchmark of intellige

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS FUNDAMENTALLY RESHAPING HOW WE APPROACH THE MOST ROUTINE OF TASKS — INCLUDING GETTING DRESSED. LAUREN COCHRANE EXPLORES WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR WARDROBES

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Apple has promised a big AI update in 2026, and Graham Barlow feels nervous