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

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A new academic study has revealed that users are utilizing AI chatbots for nearly everything: from pregnancy roleplay to virtual marriages to even embracing parenthood. Evidently, people are turning ...

AI bots like Replika offer users close experiences that resemble social relationships, friendship, or love. But is that real?

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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 ...

MILAN, May 19 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to ...

Two senators have sent a letter to multiple AI companion companies requesting information about their safety practices, including details about internal safety assessments and timelines of the ...

Meta’s new artificial intelligence app is designed to answer questions, offer advice, and be a digital companion. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing the idea that chatbots could offer people a sense of ...

MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa ...

Even if you don’t have an AI friend yourself, you probably know someone who does. A recent study found that one of the top ...