People using Replika's AI friend app are mostly 35-plus, the company's CEO said. Replika offers AI avatars for companionship. Some users have formed deep relationships with them. The CEO said the app ...

New research shows roleplaying romantic relationships with chatbots like Replika can include marriage, homemaking, and even ...

Tech ethics organizations have filed an FTC complaint against the AI companion app Replika, alleging that the company employs deceptive marketing to target vulnerable potential users and encourages ...

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For the past several years, some people disinterested in human-to-human romantic relationships have been pursuing human-to-AI romantic connections instead. These interactions range from mildly ...

You may soon have an AI agent helping you navigate the world. That agent will know lots about you — things like where you travel, what you buy, when you’re stressed — and its only objective will be to ...

Earlier this year, a man told me that a chatbot had saved his life. As I reported for Radio Atlantic, an Australian musician who had been battling depression for decades found companionship with an AI ...

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 ...

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Just launched, Replika. early users of generative AI, is once again making a market leadership impact with their unique immersive AI Wellness Retreat edge with Tomo, a Zen seeking avatar. Replika was ...

The app from Replika and AI dating app Blush puts generative AI into text therapy and guided meditations. The app from Replika and AI dating app Blush puts generative AI into text therapy and guided ...