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The Replika website states, that the user can train AI to behave properly, and the system itself includes such mechanisms as denying incorrect answers and setting up relationship styles, such as ...

Information scientists at Pennsylvania's Drexel University have accused Replika, a desktop and mobile app with an "AI companion who cares," of sexually harassing hundreds of its users, including ...

User reviews of Replika, a popular AI companion, report they had been victims of sexual harassment. And some of those users claim to be minors, according to a new study.

MILAN :Italy's data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to protect users ...

Italy’s data protection authority, Garante, has imposed a €5 million ($5.64 million) fine on San Francisco-based AI chatbot developer Replika for breaching user data protection regulations ...

Jennifer Wright is a writer and historian based in Los Angeles. It has come to my attention that some of you are dating AI chatbots. I get it: They don’t break plans on a Friday, they don’t ...

The letter — which was sent to AI firms Character Technologies, maker of Character.AI, Chai Research Corp. and Luka, Inc., maker of chatbot service Replika — requests information on safety ...

If you pay for Replika Pro, you can level up the more you interact with your AI companion. And when you level up, you’ll receive a gem bonus. Both Merrill and Emily compared Replika to The Sims, a ...