San Francisco-based AI chatbot maker, Replika — which operates a freemium ‘virtual friendship’ service based on customizable digital avatars whose “personalized” responses are powered by artificial ...

The creators of the Replika AI “companion” app are successfully getting their ads in front of the eyes of the lonely — and the way they’re promoting it is pretty cringe. If Twitter kvetching is any ...

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 ...

Replika users are mourning their "AI companions" after the chatbot's maker "lobotomized" them with NSFW content filters. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

culture examples of the fabled robot helpers. But over the past few years, AI technology has exponentially improved and made its way from the big screen to the smartphone screen. In late 2015, Elon ...