To stay in her home, she let in an A.I. robot
An 85-year-old woman lived alone on a remote peninsula. Could ElliQ become her companion?
From The Times
March 9, 2026

Jan Worrell was doing just fine living on her own, she told her family. She had climbed mountains in her 40s, trained for marathons in her 50s and walked five miles a day in her 70s. But now, in her 80s, Worrell’s doctors warned her that living alone could come at a cost.

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