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Realme Neo 8 Launch Date in China Announced After Company Confirms 165Hz Samsung Display

The Realme Neo 8 is set to debut in China soon, and its launch date has been announced. The handset is expected to arrive as the successor to the Realme Neo 7, which was introduced in December 2024. Ahead of its launch, the company has several details about the handset. It is confirmed to be equipped with a display sourced from Samsung’s display manufacturing divisi...

Oppo Find N6 Camera Configuration Tipped Alongside Oppo Watch X3 Specifications, Colourways

Oppo Find N6 will be the first foldable smartphone to be powered by Qualcomm’s octa core 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, a tipster claims. The development of the handset is completed, the leaker added. Additionally, the phone is said to carry a 200-megapixel primary rear camera. The key specifications of the Oppo Watch X3 have also surfaced online, along with ...

CMF Headphone Pro Launched in India With 40mm Drivers, Energy Slider and 100-Hour Battery Life

CMF Headphone Pro has been launched in India at a price of Rs. 7,999, but will be available at an exclusive launch price of Rs. 6,999, starting January 20. It will be sold via Flipkart and select offline retail stores. Active noise cancellation on the headphones can cut out up to 40dB of background sound, with multiple intensity levels to choose from. Audio is handled...

Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI

The sociology professor is suitably comfortable with AI helpers that he creates his own – it’s their inventors’ motives and unregulated environment he argues we should be concerned about

If much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.

To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might seem mystifying and more than a little creepy. But Muldoon refuses to belittle those seeking intimacy in “synthetic personas”.

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Love Machines by James Muldoon review – inside the uncanny world of AI relationships

A sociologist talks to the people putting their faith – and their hearts – in the hands of robots

If much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.

To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might seem mystifying and more than a little creepy. But Muldoon refuses to belittle those seeking intimacy in “synthetic personas”.

Continue reading...

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2026 Deals and Discounts on Laptops, Tablets, and Smart TVs Revealed

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2026 will offer an instant discount of 10 percent with SBI credit cards, along with easy EMI options. The upcoming sale event, which is scheduled to begin on January 16 in India, will also provide cashback offers and exchange bonuses on various electronics, like smartphones, laptops, TVs, cameras, wireless speakers, truly wireless stereo...

Red Magic 11 Air Launch Date Confirmed; Will Arrive With Under-Display Selfie Camera, Improved Cooling

Red Magic has confirmed that the Red Magic 11 Air will launch in China on January 20. The gaming-focused phone is set to feature a full-screen OLED display with a 16-megapixel under-display camera, a transparent rear design, shoulder triggers, and an active cooling system with an internal fan and vapour chamber. TENAA listings point to a 6.85-inch 120Hz panel, a 7,000...