Meet ElliQ, the robot who wants to keep Grandma company

Some sentences said to ElliQ do "go right over her proverbial little head," Thoren noted. On the flip side, there's always the potential it hears too well. Soffer says the company does not sell users' data to third parties. It will make suggestions based on partners; if a user tells ElliQ their dog isn't feeling well, it might propose a vet service with which Intuition has a deal. It also passes along health information to relatives and doctors according to permissions given.