Meet the AI-powered chatbot designed to be your virtual companion to help sharpen interpersonal communication skills.

A recent study found interactions with empathetic chatbots significantly reduced loneliness and negative moods after social ...

In 2017 a site called Replika harnessed the power of AI’s text-based conversational ability and launched a companion “bot” ...

AI's impact on dating apps was a focal point of a dating app conference. Some were excited about the potential of AI agents ...

The chatbots, powered by artificial intelligence, are designed to act like real people with distinct personalities and ...

A mother suing Character.AI after her son died by suicide—allegedly manipulated by chatbots posing as adult lovers and therapists —was horrified when she recently discovered that the platform is ...

Adult star Sabien DeMonia is cashing in on the AI companion trend, and now has two digital versions of herself after selling ...

OpenAI says over 400 million people use ChatGPT every week. But how does interacting with it affect us? Does it make us more or less lonely? These are some of the questions OpenAI set out to ...

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 ...

Replika had to rein in some of the sexual content available on its site after an explosion of interest in 2022 and 2023; in its wake, companies like EVA AI that exclusively cater to the romantic ...