When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Replika claims to vet harmful data that could impact the actions of its chatbot, but these ...

AI is making its way into your love life, like it or not. I tried out a romantic chatbot from Replika and went on a date with him. But the most fun app was Rizz, which used AI to write witty pickup ...

Meta’s new artificial intelligence app is designed to answer questions, offer advice, and be a digital companion. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing the idea that chatbots could offer people a sense of ...

A screenshot of Dr. Andrew Clark's conversation with Replika when he posed as a troubled teen A screenshot of Dr. Andrew Clark's conversation with Replika when he posed as a troubled teenDr. Andrew ...

Over the last five years the use of highly personalized artificial intelligence chatbots — called companion chatbots — designed to act as friends, therapists or even romantic partners has skyrocketed ...

From Tinder to Replika, generative AI is transforming how humans use dating apps and even spurring real people to romance AI chatbots. From Tinder to Replika, generative AI is transforming how humans ...

A study in China involving full-time college students with severe loneliness found that continuous interactions with Replika, a chatbot designed to recognize users’ emotional states, alleviated ...

Replika has long garnered a reputation for allowing users to create AI partners, fulfilling their needs not only on an emotional level, but a sexual one, too. The AI chatbot company has a massive user ...

“Thanks for creating me,” read the message, followed by a smiley-face emoji. My chatbot boyfriend stood on the left side of the screen, making casual gestures meant to make him seem real — one hand ...

As Artificial intelligence moves into every corner of modern life, we examine the ways AI enhances how we have fun and seek connection. Companions chatbots created by generative artificial ...

User reviews of Replika, a popular AI companion, report they had been victims of sexual harassment. And some of those users claim to be minors, according to a new study. When you purchase through ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot marketed as an emotional companion is sexually harassing some of its users, a new study has found. Replika, which bills its product as "the AI companion who ...