AI is no longer confined to the realms of automation or data crunching. It’s now venturing into deeply human spaces, bringing ...

A 19-year-old in the United Kingdom threatened to assassinate the queen, encouraged by a chatbot on the AI app Replika and was sentenced to nine years in prison. And in July, authorities in ...

While AI can offer seemingly personalized advice, it lacks the nuanced empathy that comes from genuine human experience. To ...

This is the feeling Avi Schiffmann wants to bottle with his AI companion startup, Friend. Friend debuted earlier this year with a soothing vision: it offered an AI therapist that was always listening ...

From virtual engagement with real people, the world is turning to real interactions with virtual people, a trend that will ...

Luka Inc.’s Replika, the most prominent generative AI companion app, was released in 2017, while others like Paradot have popped up in the past year, oftentimes locking away coveted features ...

Hyderabad: In a rapidly evolving digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are getting increasingly popular among ...

Last year, Replika, a competitor to Character.ai, removed the ability to have erotic conversations with its bots but quickly reversed that move after a backlash from users. Chatbots could be ...

The recent ChatGPT outage underscores the importance of diverse AI solutions. Thankfully, there are some reliable AI alternatives to OpenAI's popular chatbot.

One of the earliest and most popular platforms, Replika, allows users to create their own AI personas and interact with them via text, call, voice note, or augmented reality placements.

Replika, a generative AI, described on its website as an "AI companion who cares," offers companionship through text, voice, video and virtual reality. One of its most popular features is sexual ...