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 ...

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

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 ...

April 21, 2025 at 1:36 p.m. EDTJust now Please use a modern browser to get the best experience. When I learned we’d be publishing Jennifer Wright’s April 8 online ...

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 ...

More recently, a new type of humanlike chatbots are on the rise: AI romantic companions. Chatbots are AI-powered programs that engage with humans through text, voice, and images. Modern AI chatbots ...

Meta’s new artificial intelligence app is designed to answer questions, offer advice, and be a digital companion. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing the idea that chatbots could offer people a sense of ...

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 ...

User reviews of Replika, a popular AI companion, report they had been victims of sexual harassment. And some of those users claim to be minors, according to a new study. When you purchase through ...