Replika is backed by Y Combinator, which was run by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI until 2019. Replika's CEO Eugenia Kuyda recently said the app makes most of its money from Pro subscriptions and ...

Founded in 2017, Replika was one of the first major AI products to offer companionship. Founder Eugenia Kuyda said she hoped it would give lonely users a supportive friend that would always be there.

Replika is an AI chatbot that has elicited strong romantic feelings in many users. Here is everything you need to know about Replika, including recent controversy the app has attracted.

Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI companions for friendship, support, and even romance. But these apps could be ...

Users of artificial intelligence app Replika say it has become heavily focused on being more sexualised and sending them “spicy selfies” as they urge creators make it "back to ...

Replika "uses a sophisticated system that combines our own Large Language Model and scripted dialogue content," according to the website. Users are able to choose their relationship to the AI bot, ...

Replika said 42% of users are in a relationship or married, but it hasn't stopped some of them from forming romantic bonds with AI chatbots.

I first encountered Replika while on a panel talking about my 2021 book Artificial Intimacy, which focuses on how new technologies tap into our ancient human proclivities to make friends, draw ...

AI companion company Replika partnered with the team behind the AI dating simulator Blush to release Tomo, a wellness and meditation app with an AI-generated avatar guiding users. Its the kind of ...

The app was updated in February, and some users said it ruined their relationship to their AI bot. Several Replika users previously told Insider's Samantha Delouya that the software update made ...