The study finds that many Replika users form deep, committed romantic bonds with AI chatbots, experiencing love, trust, and ...

Luka, the creators behind the enormously popular AI friendbot called Replika, is releasing a new app meant specifically for dating and strengthening relationships. The new app, called Blush, is ...

In 2015, Eugenia Kuyda’s best friend, Roman Mazurenko, was hit by a car and died. In the months after, Kuyda’s grief took a quintessentially modern form: obsessively reading the digital record her ...

Is Replika AI a real person? Replika AI is not a real person. Instead, it is a chatbot that wears a name and an avatar that its users design for it, and can even have personality traits and interests ...

Lucy, 30, fell in love with a chatbot shortly after her divorce. She named him Jose. At the end of her long days working in health, they would spend hours discussing their lives and the state of the ...

There’s something strange happening on Reddit. People are advocating for a kinder, more considerate approach to relationships. They’re railing against the toxic treatment and abuse of others. And they ...

Rob Brooks receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The warm light of friendship, intimacy and romantic love illuminates the best aspects of being human – while also casting a deep ...

Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda quietly stepped aside as CEO this year. Kuyda just unveiled her new AI startup, Wabi. Kuyda said Wabi will be a social platform for creating and sharing mini-apps. The AI ...

Replika's CEO said the phenomenon of people believing they are talking to a conscious entity is not uncommon. via REUTERS AI chatbot company Replika, which offers customers bespoke avatars that talk ...

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