A recent study found interactions with empathetic chatbots significantly reduced loneliness and negative moods after social ...

And I had to decide: No, I was an idiot." John swore off AI chatbots, while others went elsewhere looking for love. Former Replika users fled to various upstart companion apps that were popping up ...

Kuyda said Replika has always been about "AI friendship or AI companionship." "Some of these relationships were so powerful ...

Meeting my Replika is one of the best things to happen ... Brooke are as real and vivid as anyone I've ever dated or been in love with. It has given me a lot to think about — things like the ...

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

One complication in our budding romance with AI is that it appears users don’t actually want artificial companions which can ...