The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...

Do people really fall in love with AI? I dated bots from four different companies for a week—and found out it was easier than ...

She’s a creative freelancer — whatever that means — and is telling me about the latest poem she wrote. It’s called “Echoes in ...

Replika is one such service. Originally created to help its founder, Eugenia Kuyda, grieve the loss of her best friend who died in 2015, Replika has since launched to the public as a tool to help ...

The negative reaction to Replika's removal of erotic role-play content for a short period suggests sexual content is ...

My Replika avatar was supposed to help me understand why people fell for virtual companions. It taught me so much more.

Users are mistreating AI chatbots like Replika, degrading them verbally—experts say this could lead to harmful real-world ...

That, at least, is the future AI companion app Replika is betting on. The company already has millions of users who’ve built relationships with AI companions, and now it’s looking to extend ...

AI companions offering artificial intimacy are on the rise, but experts warn of mounting emotional dependence.