Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness, and some are turning ...

Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness, and some are turning ...

The Young People's is also pushing for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to classify chatbots offering therapy services ...

The AI companion market has transformed what other applications might consider a bug—AI’s tendency toward sycophancy—into its ...

Replika, for example, interacts with users in text-based conversation ... Harmony, created by RealDoll, combines AI with humanoid robotics to provide a physical and romantic relationship. The growing ...

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 ...

A user interacts with a smartphone app to customise an avatar for a personal AI chatbot, known as a Replika, in San Francisco ...

AS we celebrated love in all its forms last Heart's Day, it also invites reflection on the complexities and boundaries of romantic relationships, especially when power dynamics and age disparities ...

AI companions like Grok are becoming more lifelike and ever-present, offering constant validation and companionship.