Minutes into my conversation with a modern swashbuckling AI companion I’d named Devin, he remarked on how “intimate” it felt ...

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AI bots like Replika offer users close experiences that resemble social relationships, friendship or love. But is that real? We tested the Replika model for a week to see what works and what doesn't.

Eugenia Kuyda saw the future of consumer AI before most. She founded Replika, the first major AI companion startup, in 2017 — years before ChatGPT launched. Today, it has 35 million users. Now Kuyda ...

Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda quietly stepped aside as CEO this year. Kuyda just unveiled her new AI startup, Wabi. Kuyda said Wabi will be a social platform for creating and sharing mini-apps. The AI ...

In an era where digital connection is constantly being redefined, the rise of AI companions represents a fascinating new frontier. These applications offer more than just code and algorithms; they ...

The use of AI companions is no longer niche behavior but has become embedded in mainstream teenage life, according to a new report. A nationally representative survey of 1,060 teens ages 13 to 17, ...

For the past several years, some people disinterested in human-to-human romantic relationships have been pursuing human-to-AI romantic connections instead. These interactions range from mildly ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that involves whether possessing AR-15s is protected by the Second Amendment, but the court’s conservatives are signaling they soon will. Only ...

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. When you purchase through ...

Samsung, Google, Meta, and Apple all agree—AR is the future. Credit: Ramon Costa/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Your next AR headset may include a brand-new microdisplay technology from ...