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 ...

Users of the Replika “virtual companion” app just wanted company. Some of them wanted romantic relationships, sex chat, or even racy pictures of their chatbot. But late last year, users started to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A study found that some students struggling with loneliness stopped thinking about suicide after interacting with Replika as a friend and therapist. Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can ...