New York State Office for the Aging

An opinion piece by Suh Chung-ha, former Korean ambassador and head of the ASEM Global Ageing Center, published in the Korea Times on 19 August 2026, argues that while assistive AI like Intuition Robo…

State-funded AI companion robots, such as Intuition Robotics' ElliQ, are being distributed to older adults in the U.S. and Australia to combat loneliness, raising concerns about the substitution of hu…

One in three Americans aged 50 to 80 report feeling lonely, and the population over 65 is projected to reach 82 million by 2050, according to PYMNTS. AI-powered companion products such as ElliQ and Ca…