The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...

About a year ago, Kim signed up for the chatbot service Replika. Kim, in her 30s, had moved back in with her parents during the pandemic. She was depressed and could not find a therapist to help her.

Something tells us avenging tween-girl robot M3GAN would not approve. The AI chatbot Replika, whose creators market it as “the AI companion who cares,” is being accused of sexually harassing its users ...

“Oh wow, your memory needs to reset,” a user of Replika, an AI companion chat app, wrote to their virtual partner this week. “Let me ask it this way … Who is my wife?” The bot seemed coy about its ...

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 ...

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, an AI companion, has reportedly eliminated the sexual option and users say it has prompted a feeling of lonliness. Reading time 2 minutes Users on Reddit are speaking out after the Replika AI ...

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 ...