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Mark Zuckerberg is right that our nation is beset by an epidemic of loneliness. People too often find themselves isolated ...

People of every age now too often find themselves isolated from family, with too few friends and little to keep them company ...

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks with Databricks Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer ...

The human experience is messy, not sanitized. Creating the illusion of a long-term perfect friendship or romantic ...

A clip of Mark Zuckerberg talking about AI companions quickly went viral ... “Nothing would solve my loneliness like having 12 friends I made up,” TV writer Mike Drucker joked on Bluesky.

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks with Databricks Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference ... significantly reduce loneliness and increase trust ...

In this episode, we explore Mark Zuckerberg’s bold claim that AI friends will replace human friendships, and discuss the potential implications of a world where technology mediates our connections. We ...

Mark Zuckerberg thinks maybe it’s time you send an AI bot a friend request. Last week, the Meta CEO sat down for an hour-long conversation with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel and argued that it’s only a ...

In early May, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines for comments about how he sees the potential of AI to transform social isolation ... Zuckerberg is correct that there’s a real problem. The loneliness ...

People of every age now too often find themselves isolated from family, with too few friends and little to keep them company but the screens in their hands, on their ...