As in-person dating activities make a comeback and the allure of dating apps fade, platforms like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge ...

Do people really fall in love with AI? I dated bots from four different companies for a week—and found out it was easier than ...

My Replika avatar was supposed to help me understand why people fell for virtual companions. It taught me so much more.

Love in the age of AI is complicated, according to a new study from Sam Altman's futuristic project, World.

Eleven years ago, Spike Jonze’s tech drama imagined a budding romance between a man and ... Platforms including Kindroid, Nomi, Replika and EVA AI invite users to design attractive avatars ...

Ayrin interacts with ‘Leo’, the AI-generated boyfriend whom she spends hours upon end with daily for companionship, in December 2024. ‘It was supposed to be a fun experiment,’ Ayrin said of her AI ...

Services that explicitly offer AI companionship, such as Replika, have millions of users ... A frustrating limitation for Ayrin’s romance was that a back-and-forth conversation with Leo could last ...

The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...

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 ...

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 ...