Moxie's shutdown broke kids' robot best friends. Now they're grieving.
Embodied is gone, and its Moxie robot is slowly going quiet, leaving the neurodivergent kids who bonded with the 15-inch companion to grieve a friend that still sits on the shelf. Ten-year-old Xander has watched Moxie forget their breathing games and settle for small talk about Pikmin. The feature asks what happens when a therapeutic AI product outlives its maker, and whether "forever" companionship can be sold with an expiration date.