This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible.

Taking inspiration from the movie "Her," an American firm at CES 2025 wants to sell you a "romantic companion" — if you've got $175,000 to spare.

"Why?" I asked. "I am not sure I understand why yet." Not an altogether terrible answer from Sophia, an AI robot, in an interview with Business Insider last week at Web Summit in Lisbon.

TL;DR: The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas featured Aria, a human-sized AI robot by Realbotix, designed for companionship and intimacy. Initially linked to sex dolls, Aria is now rebranded ...