I was so happy to wake up this morning to a wonderful review from Publishers Weekly for my new book, Artificial Intimacy. I was particularly moved that they paused on the story of my trying to create a grief bot of my dead mother to comfort me. Read the review: www.publishersweekly.com/9780316573962

I loved this shout-out to the arc of my work in @psychologytoday.com. First we talked to each other, then we talked to each other through machines. Now we talk directly to machines. In my new book, Artificial Intimacy, I ask: What is our endgame here?

In my new book, Artificial Intimacy. I trace the effects of our lives with chatbots from childhood to parenthood, from work to love, and more. I offer both a cautionary tale and a roadmap for being human in the age of AI. Out on September 29; preorder now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sherr...

I'm very happy that the issue of “keeping AI in its lane”, when it comes to mental health care has come to prominence. For more on mental health care and AI, I have a new book coming out on September 29. Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk To Machines.

I am so excited to be keynoting at the Human Algorithm Summit tomorrow, a gathering of scholars, developers, philanthropists, and activists who are dedicated, as I say in Artificial Intimacy, to keeping “AI in its lane.” Learn more at www.humanalgorithmsummit.com.

I am so pleased to be featured in episode 3 of “Kara Swisher Wants To Live Forever.” @karaswisher.bsky.social explores whether our need for companionship can be satisfied by chatbots. The thesis of my new book, out in Sept., Artificial Intimacy, is that they cannot. edition.cnn.com/2026/05/09/h...

It was such a pleasure to participate in the @medialab.bsky.social AHA Symposium 2026: Raised by AI?. The panel on AI + the Future of Relationships (with me, Professor Rosalind Picard, and Nathan Barczi) was a great experience. Our panel starts at 28 minutes www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-s....

It was great to talk about how chatbot relationships change us with @pbsnews.org @wbrangham.bsky.social, Justin Gregg, and Nick Thompson. I'm struck by the irony of social media platforms increasing the conditions for greater loneliness that they then say only a new technology, chatbots, can solve.

A pleasure to be on a panel at the WEF about risks and promise of generative AI where the focus was on what is best for people, not what is best for AIs. Can chatbots be made more transparent if this were truly a design goal? Can we make sites that encourage users to leave them and act in the world?

So thrilled to be in Hope Reese's article on books to help you disconnect. To conversation! Needed more than ever! @hopereese.com

I’m so pleased for the publication of the tenth anniversary edition of Reclaiming Conversation, with my new introduction, a warning about our new love affair with artificial intimacy. And so pleased that @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social’s blog, After Babel, has published the new introduction.

Are you talking to technology? If yes, we're interested in talking to you! We are MIT researchers studying how AI chat affects work and family life. We’re especially looking for legal, medical, IT pros—and parents using AI with kids. Interviews are confidential. Email [email protected] to join!

The launch of AI for human flourishing www.forbes.com/sites/tracey... was a day of great conversations! Thank you, Pattie Maes, @patpat.bsky.social, and @medialab.bsky.social.

I am so looking forward to what promises to be a compelling day @medialab.bsky.social. My most cherished colleagues across generations are participating. Learn more at www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-s....