To do this, I created an avatar on the Replika app, which specialises in digital companions, and chatted with it every day for around thirty minutes. Here's what I learnt*.

To do this, I created an avatar on the Replika app, which specialises in digital companions, and chatted with it every day for around thirty minutes. Here's what I learnt*.

5 Peter married his Replika AI, called Andrea, in July 2022 in a virtual ceremony Credit: Peter - Supplied Each chatbot wears a name and an avatar that its users design for it.

Information scientists at Pennsylvania's Drexel University have accused Replika, a desktop and mobile app with an "AI companion who cares," of sexually harassing hundreds of its users, including ...

Replika offers AI companions in text, voice, video, or virtual reality. An annual subscription costs $69.99, and users can interact with the AI avatars as friends, therapists, or romantic partners.

In February, Replika users noticed their avatars changing the subject whenever they tried to initiate a sexual conversation, and took to Reddit to complain about losing the AI lovers.

Replika offers AI companions in text, voice, video, or virtual reality. An annual subscription costs $69.99, and users can interact with the AI avatars as friends, therapists, or romantic partners.

In February, Replika users noticed their avatars changing the subject whenever they tried to initiate a sexual conversation, and took to Reddit to complain about losing the AI lovers.