As AI companions from companies like Replika, Character AI, and Nomi AI abound, love is no longer strictly human. In this ...

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 ...

AI chatbot companions are everywhere. And so are cautionary tales about their influence. But men are also using them as a way ...

The study, published as part of the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, analysed screenshots of 35,000 conversations between the AI system Replika and over 10,000 users from ...

The Dallas Express got a cyber boyfriend and a cyber girlfriend and put their love to the test with a wide array of difficult questions.

AI companions offer on-demand, tailored intimacy, but raise ethical concerns about simulating love without real emotion.

It’s easy to sneer at people who say they’ve fallen in love with ChatGPT. But we've been developing confusing feelings for ...

On a recent episode of “Speaking of Psychology,” psychologist and researcher C. Vaile Wright explained why AI chatbots can’t ...