Andrew McStay

Andrew McStay is Professor of Technology & Society at Bangor University and the author of Automating Empathy, published open access with Oxford University Press. His work explores the ethical implications of AI systems that claim to empathise with and understand human emotion. As Director of the Emotional AI Lab, his current projects include Responsible AI-funded research on AI companions. He chaired IEEE 7014.1-2026, a soft-law technical standard for emulated empathy and human–AI partnering.