Through continuous interactions, Replika learns and evolves, creating a unique bond with its human counterpart. This AI companion excels in open-ended conversations, ranging from small talk to ...

When Geoffrey Hinton, popularly known as the “Godfather of AI,” won the Nobel Prize in physics last month, he accepted this ...

“Some of these bots have dark patterns,” says Iliana Depounti, an ESRC-backed researcher at Loughborough University in the UK who has studied usage of Replika, another AI companion ap ...

The most prominent AI companion service is Replika, which allows some 30 million users to create custom digital girlfriends (or boyfriends). While early studies indicate most Replika users are ...

Megan Garcia, mother of a 14-year-old in Florida, has sued chatbot startup Character AI for allegedly aiding her son's ...

Dany, the chatbot provided by Character.AI – founded by former Google employees and licensed ... which he created with his Replika app. He had asked Sarai: “Do you still love me knowing that I’m an ...

Our research suggests it can. In recent years, AI “companion” apps such as Replika have attracted millions of users. Replika allows users to create custom digital partners to engage in ...

The concept of having a relationship with an AI isn’t science fiction anymore—it’s reality for millions. Platforms like ...

Using AI-powered platforms like Character.AI, Replika, Kindroid, and Nomi, teens create lifelike conversation partners with unique traits and characteristics, or engage with companions created by ...

Artem Rodichev is the Founder and CEO of Ex-human, a company focused on building empathetic AI characters for engaging conversations. Before founding Ex-human, Artem was the Head of AI at Replika from ...