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 ...

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 ...

March 25 - AI chatbot company Replika is restoring erotic roleplay for some users, Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said late on Friday. The company's recent removal of adult content, featured in a Reuters ...

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 ...