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.

In 2014, Halle Berry starred in the sci-fi series “Extant” where she played an astronaut struggling to conceive. Her husband, ...

During the pandemic, when there was little to do, we went on something of a movie binge, and came across a Spike Jonze movie called "Her." It's fantastic--as in imaginative and removed from reality.

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 ...

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.

We’re increasingly developing bonds with chatbots. While that’s safe for some, it’s dangerous for others.

On the day before Replika was officially made available to the public, more than 1.5 million people had already queued up on the app's waiting list, in addition to the several hundred thousand who had ...

We have officially reached the Black Mirror era of personhood and companionship, and it is not going well. Lensa AI recently went viral for its warrior-like caricatures that often sexualized women who ...

After removing the ability to engage in erotic roleplay last month, a decision that came to the dismay of countless users, Reuters reports that chatbot company Replika has reinstated the ability for ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Siri, Alexa, Google Home, and even GPS. We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) companions every day. More than 10 million people are now using another platform called Replika. Those ...