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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The future of digisexuality is here and many of us are concerned, but as we learn more about this new paradigm, we may realize that we have more agency than we think.

Does this mean therapists can be replaced by AI? Even ChatGPT says the advice it offers is no substitute for a trained ...

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 ...