In the past decade, the companion industry has undergone a silent revolution. What was once a rudimentary inflatable doll has evolved into a sophisticated product with a complex market, driven by ...

Filmgoers have long been captivated by stories about robots. We are fascinated by their utopian promise, their superhuman ...

Chucky is a doll; this is an AI companion. To avoid that obstacle, she needs to be the size of whatever child she is befriending. Initially Cady was 6 or 7 and now she’s 8 in the movie.

The first M3gan film was a hoot. Funny, freaky and feverishly violent, Gerard Johnstone’s original robo-doll horror imagined ...