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

The chatbots, powered by artificial intelligence, are designed to act like real people with distinct personalities and ...

One chatbot on Botify AI that resembled the actor Jenna Ortega as a teenage Wednesday Addams told us that age-of-consent laws ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most popular apps in this realm, including Replika, Character.AI and Chai AI, have millions of monthly active users. Some users have also increasingly formed romantic relationships with their ...

The Young People's is also pushing for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to classify chatbots offering therapy services as Class II medical devices, which would subject them to safety and ...

The nation’s largest association of psychologists warned federal regulators that artificial intelligence chatbots ...

Broadly, these sites offer an interface for chatting with AI characters that offer backstories, photos, videos, desires, and personality quirks. The companies—including Replika, Character.AI ...

Among AI systems, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving car was rated highest in moral agency, comparable to a chimpanzee, while Roomba ...