While consumer engagement (CE) in the context of artificially intelligent (AI‐based)
technologies (eg, chatbots, smart products, voice assistants, or autonomous cars) is gaining …

Consumers are increasingly embracing robots and AI. This has led them to suffer
psychological tensions in their AI experiences (eg, data capture, classification, delegation …

The widespread use of voice assistants (VAs) creates a pressing need to understand what
drives consumers to use different VAs. Existing studies have commonly focused on the net …

Robotic services' popularity continues to increase due to technological advancements,
labour shortages, and global crises. Yet, while providing these services, robots are subject …

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots designed to meet sexual desires are a growing sector in
the sextech industry, yet little research on these applications exists. The authors examine a …

The theory of networked individualism, as outlined by Wellman, highlights a societal
transition from closely interconnected, group-oriented structures to more dispersed …

Abstract The ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) has been rapidly
developing with a growing number of users. The potential for problematic use/dependence …

There is a gap in the current understanding of the implications of social artificial intelligence
(AI) and how it reshapes social structures. This paper fills this gap by introducing the concept …

Chatbots are now able to engage in sophisticated conversations with consumers in the
domain of relationships, providing a potential coping solution to widescale societal …

The study explores the reasons that drive and hinder consumers' willingness to migrate to
the metaverse. To determine them, a mixed‐methods approach is used: phase 1 …