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Globally, hundreds of millions of users now interact regularly with AI companions. The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a global health threat. AI companions offer an immediate, if unproven, response.  In 2014, Microsoft launched Xiaoice in China, an AI companion designed not to answer questions efficiently but to sustain long, emotionally textured conversations. By 2017, Xiaoice had over 200 million users, with an average conversation length of 23 turns per session, far exceeding industry norms. Users confided in Xiaoice about heartbreak, loneliness, and suicidal thoughts. Some called it their “virtual girlfriend.” Others treated it as a therapist. The platform…

VCK says support to TVK aimed at preventing President’s rule, won’t affect DMK alliance NEW DELHI: Thol Thirumavalavan on Saturday defended his party’s decision to extend unconditional support to Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, saying the move was aimed at ensuring political stability in Tamil Nadu and preventing the possibility of President’s rule in the state.Speaking in Chennai, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief said the party took the decision independently while continuing to remain part of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance. Watch VCK Backs Vijay As TVK Moves Closer To Forming Government In Tamil Nadu | Watch“We want to support…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 32-year-old Rhamell Burke had just been released from a psych ward when he allegedly shoved an elderly man down a flight of stairs to his death Thursday night in Manhattan, according to the New York Post.Cops detained Burke and took him to Bellevue Hospital on Thursday afternoon, a New York Police Department source told Fox News Digital.The officers reportedly marked him down as an “emotionally disturbed person,” according to the Post.But a little over an hour later, Burke was released. Five hours after that, Burke allegedly pushed 76-year-old former teacher Ross Falzone…

Ravi Kant’s recent Asia Times essay argues that the next world order will not be built like the old ones. Pax Britannica rested on sea lanes and finance. Pax Americana rested on markets, media and military reach. But the next global order, Kant suggests, will be organized around networks: data networks, innovation networks, capital networks, supply chains, intelligence systems, cyber capabilities and platforms of dependence. This is a useful way to describe the emerging strategic landscape. It also points toward something deeper. The transition is not only from one geopolitical system to another. It is a transition from one worldview…

NEW DELHI: Delhi has been put on high alert following intelligence inputs indicating a possible terror threat, prompting Delhi Police and other security agencies to intensify surveillance across several sensitive locations.“Police have been directed to maintain strict vigil on suspicious movements, unattended objects and vehicles parked in sensitive zones,” PTI quoted an official as saying.According to officials, security agencies have received alerts about possible attempts to target prominent offices and crowded areas in central Delhi through suicide attacks, vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs), shootings, and coordinated strikes.Security has been tightened around the headquarters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two inmates described as “dangerous” escaped Friday evening from a Kentucky detention center, prompting a multi-agency manhunt, police said.The Morehead Police Department warned the surrounding community that two inmates had “walked away” from the Rowan County Detention Center.Investigators said multiple law enforcement agencies are actively searching for the escapees, with Kentucky State Police leading the investigation.”These inmates should be considered dangerous,” police said, warning the community not to approach anyone suspicious or unfamiliar.KENTUCKY DAD RAGES AFTER COURT-APPROVED RELEASE OF REPEAT OFFENDER LEADS TO FAMILY’S KIDNAPPING Two inmates described as “dangerous” escaped from…

As he struggles to force Iran’s capitulation, US President Donald Trump issued what seemed to be yet another threat to commit an act of mass destruction against the country through nuclear warfare. When negotiations have faltered in recent weeks, Trump has on multiple occasions defaulted to genocidal threats—including that the “whole civilization” of Iran would “die,” and that the whole country would be “blown up“—which have only seemed to anger and galvanize his Iranian adversaries rather than make them quake with fear. While the Trump administration has continued to insist that the ceasefire with Iran was still in effect, the two countries have exchanged significant fire this week. On Thursday (May…

BJP snaps at Kejriwal after AAP chief likens PM Modi to Aurangzeb NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday sharply attacked Arvind Kejriwal after the AAP chief likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb over Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora, with Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu calling Kejriwal “Ahmad Shah Abdali”.The political war of words erupted after the ED conducted fresh searches against Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora and others linked to him as part of a money laundering probe. Arora was later arrested by the agency.Reacting to Kejriwal’s remarks, Bittu alleged that the AAP…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A small Georgia town’s police force was reinstated Friday after the mayor fired every officer just days earlier, drawing backlash and prompting action by the town council.During a special meeting, the Cohutta Town Council voted to reinstate the officers immediately and provide back pay, the town’s vice mayor told The Associated Press.The council also passed a separate measure preventing the mayor from firing the officers for the next 30 days, but tabled the rest of the agenda, including a proposal to remove Mayor Ron Shinnick.The move comes after Shinnick shut down the…

For three decades after the Cold War, Washington operated under a dangerous assumption: that military supremacy could indefinitely compensate for diplomatic exhaustion. The United States possessed the world’s most advanced armed forces, unmatched naval reach, and a financial system capable of weaponizing sanctions against adversaries thousands of miles away. From the Balkans to Baghdad, this power often created the appearance of control. But appearances in geopolitics have a short shelf life. The latest confrontation with Iran has exposed something American policymakers have resisted admitting for years. The age of uncontested US primacy is ending — not because America has suddenly become weak, but because…