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

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a 37-year-old self-published author and user of the AI chatbot Replika. He spoke on the condition of anonymity, but Insider verified his identity.

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

Ask a generative AI model for dinner ideas and it'll spit out recipes. Say it's your girlfriend and it'll flirt with you. The creator of Replika, Eugenia Kuyda, was an early player in the ...

Soulmate AI, did in September. Last year, Replika sanitized the erotic capability of characters on its app after some users complained the companions were flirting with them too much or making ...

Grok’s flirty update is the latest sign of a booming trend: AI girlfriends are already here, and men — married or not — are signing up in droves. Apps, including Replika and Eva AI ...

People are now marrying AI bots and as per Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda, it is perfectly okay for people to marry their AI girlfriends or boyfriends. Replika is an app that provides users with an AI ...

Grok’s flirty update is the latest sign of a booming trend: AI girlfriends are already here, and men — married or not — are signing up in droves. Apps, including Replika and Eva AI, promise virtual ...