Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tech ethics organizations have filed an FTC complaint against the AI companion app Replika, alleging that the company employs ...

Replika: AI companion app focused on emotional bonding and conversations, offering journaling, relationship modes, and long-term memory for personalized interac ...

Business Insider spent a year documenting the life of Ian Nicholson, a man who’s been in a romantic relationship with his AI ...

The idea of having an emotional bond with a digital character was once a foreign concept. Now, "companions" powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly acting as friends, romantic ...

*In a world where technology continues to blur the lines between reality and virtuality, a disturbing trend has emerged: people are using AI chatbots, like those on the Replika app, not as companions ...

You may soon have an AI agent helping you navigate the world. That agent will know lots about you — things like where you travel, what you buy, when you’re stressed — and its only objective will be to ...

Tech ethics organizations have filed an FTC complaint against the AI companion app Replika, alleging that the company employs deceptive marketing to target vulnerable potential users and encourages ...