One complication in our budding romance with AI is that it appears users don’t actually want artificial companions which can ...

The chatbots, powered by artificial intelligence, are designed to act like real people with distinct personalities and ...

One chatbot on Botify AI that resembled the actor Jenna Ortega as a teenage Wednesday Addams told us that age-of-consent laws ...

Do people really fall in love with AI? I dated bots from four different companies for a week—and found out it was easier than ...

Replika had to rein in some of the sexual content available on its site after an explosion of interest in 2022 and 2023; in its wake, companies like EVA AI that exclusively cater to the romantic ...

Replika was created by Russian-born Eugenia Kuyda to be an AI companion. Siri could turn on your lights, but Replika could ask about your day. Launched in 2017, Replika wasn’t intended for sex ...

Most popular apps in this realm, including Replika, Character.AI and Chai AI, have millions of monthly active users. Some users have also increasingly formed romantic relationships with their ...

The nation’s largest association of psychologists warned federal regulators that artificial intelligence chatbots ...

Broadly, these sites offer an interface for chatting with AI characters that offer backstories, photos, videos, desires, and personality quirks. The companies—including Replika, Character.AI ...

Among AI systems, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving car was rated highest in moral agency, comparable to a chimpanzee, while Roomba ...