The study by Technische Universität Berlin and the University of Tennessee reveals that many Replika users form deep, genuine ...

About a year ago, Kim signed up for the chatbot service Replika. Kim, in her 30s, had moved back in with her parents during the pandemic. She was depressed and could not find a therapist to help her.

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There was once a stigma attached to online dating: Less than a decade ago, many couples who had met online would make up stories for how they met rather than admit that they had done so via an app.

Every lonely kid who reached puberty alongside the rise of instant messaging shares a mutual friend. Smarterchild, a chatbot built for AOL, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger was, for many internet users, their ...

Chatbot romances are no longer sci-fi. MIT researchers say the growing trend poses risks like grief, dependency and ...

Out of more than 1,000 U.S. adults, 28% were intimate or romantically linked to the system, according to the study.

The Blush app is meant to ‘reignite the desire to date’ by offering users access to a full time flirting companion, but only for $99 a year. reading time 3 minutes Artificial intelligence is a hot ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Siri, Alexa, Google Home, and even GPS. We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) companions every day. More than 10 million people are now using another platform called Replika. Those ...

“Ohhhhhh I like that!” Jarvis says. “Unpin that spangled breastplate which you wear!” “Lmao I am wearing that *right now*” “…shew The hairy Diadem which on you doth grow” “Oh that’s freaking beautiful ...

Replika, a virtual companion app, has received complaints in 2022 claiming that the bot was coming on too strong with explicit texts and images. Some even complain of sexual harassment, as reported by ...