A growing trend in China sees young people and families turning to AI pets for companionship and emotional support, ...

Youngsters in China turned to smart AI pets for emotional support, with many finding comfort and companionship.

Use these reasons to convince your other half you need a pet and you'll have a new friend in your family in no time!

The attachment and caregiving systems explain the deep bonds we form with dogs, enhancing mental health through connection, ...

A woman shared how her ex has been trying to guilt her into allowing him to take their two children on a 'healing getaway' ...

Emotional support animals (ESAs) are pets that provide emotional comfort to their owners. Unlike service animals, they don’t need any training to be legally recognized as ESAs. This means that it is ...

Chinese teenager Zhang Yachun has long battled anxiety over school and work, and has struggled to form deep friendships with other people. But since buying a BooBoo, a "smart pet" that uses artificial ...

In the 90s there were Tamagotchis. Now a new generation of sophisticated AI pets is providing connection in an increasingly ...

Bird, as they called her, liked to chill in the hair of visitors to the studio, or perch on their shoulders and sing her ...

Weilan's AI dogs are priced between Rs 95,000 and Rs 3 lakh and, according to the company, 70 percent of their buyers are ...

Animal-assisted interventions are a popular trend for colleges and universities. Mental health professionals describe their ...

A Montana state senator says it’s too easy to log online, pay a fee and get a certificate to have an emotional support animal ...