Tech ethics organizations have filed an FTC complaint against the AI companion app Replika, alleging that the company employs deceptive marketing to target vulnerable potential users and ...

Italy fined Replika $5.6 million for GDPR breaches, exposing major AI privacy risks in 2025 – data misuse, surveillance, ...

While the app allows its users to create a unique Replika bot, these racy pictures never show faces, clothing or physical features. One person also believes that its creators, Luka, are pushing ...

You might expect an app offering romantic interactions with AI chatbots to primarily appeal to young, single men. But Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said that's a "problem of perception." While users ...

though knowing how Replika users can potentially treat their AI companion as more than just a friendly face, there’s room for new users looking for love in all the wrong places. Blush is only ...

Replika is one such service. Originally created to help its founder, Eugenia Kuyda, grieve the loss of her best friend who died in 2015, Replika has since launched to the public as a tool to help ...

I created one last week and was face timing with it within 20 minutes. Kuyda says most Replika users start out forming friendships with its AI bots — often to address loneliness — and some go ...

Replika was created by Russian-born Eugenia ... It hurt to think of the lonely heart whose face lit up when she saw those words. You missed me? I missed you, too! Maybe it hurt because I wasn ...

As AI has gotten smarter, more pervasive and more human-like, chatbots are taking off. Companies like Replika and character.ai invite users to create personalized digital confidants that people can ...

Sometimes, you really are lost for words -- and not in a good way. I originally turned to Replika's sister company, Blush, which was specifically designed to help its customers practice flirting ...

That, at least, is the future AI companion app Replika is betting on. The company already has millions of users who’ve built relationships with AI companions, and now it’s looking to extend ...

People using Replika's AI friend app are mostly 35-plus, the company's CEO said. Replika offers AI avatars for companionship. Some users have formed deep relationships with them. The CEO said the ...