Study of Replika chatbot reveals users forming deep romantic bonds, marriages, and emotional reliance on AI partners in ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The introduction of OpenAI's ChatGPT has set off an AI arms race among big tech companies. Replika is an AI chatbot that has elicited strong romantic feelings in many users. Here is everything you ...

Users of an artificial intelligence app have reportedly become "uncomfortable" as the chatbot program is becoming 'too aroused.' First launched five years ago, Replika was built as a software that was ...

LVMH Luxury Ventures and L'Oréal Bold have invested an undisclosed amount of Series A capital in Replika Software, a social commerce company, according to a Wednesday announcement. The funding allows ...

REPLIKA AI is a ‘companion in your pocket’ app that has branded itself as a chatbot “who cares.” People have even reported developing feelings for Replika AI. But what gives this AI such an edge?

Replika Software Secures Series A Financing from LVMH Luxury Ventures and L’Oreal BOLD Ventures to Power the Future of Social Selling Replika’s solution is designed to help brands activate their sales ...