The AI robot companion called Moxie, which was designed to help teach social skills, is being discontinued after the company lost funding.

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

The company, Embodied, announced this week it had lost funding and will close up shop, reports Aftermath. That will brick Moxie, its cloud-connected $799 educational robot. The company won’t offer ...

Mind Children Robotics, a Seattle-area startup co-founded by AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, is building Codey — a child-sized social robot priced under $10,000 and aimed at classrooms, hospitals and ...

Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 robots, aimed at providing emotional support for kids ages 5 to 10, would ...

Making mistakes is human, but it’s not limited to humans. Robots can also glitch. As we fast-forward into a future with upgraded AI technology making its way into the classroom (and beyond), are kids ...

Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of Ben Goertzel. At first glance, Codey looks like a nightmarish character from the year 3000. The machine's beady, ...

Man versus machine? If kids had to pick, humans might be out of luck. Children are more inclined to trust machines than adults and may, as a result, learn better from bots, according to recent ...

The adult world is ever more full of robots. Children’s entertainment feels as if it’s working hard to make them seem adorable. By Diego Hadis See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra ...

First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday stressed the importance of preparing kids for the digital age as artificial intelligence grows in prevalence. That afternoon, Melania Trump held her second task ...