AI companion apps, which were simply novelties a few years ago, have exploded into the mainstream and are estimated to bring in over $120 m...

About three in four US teens have used AI companion apps such as Character. ai or Replika. ai. The study, which surveyed 1,060 US teens age...

Chatbots are pivoting to the ad model and optimising for eyeballs. As subscription revenue plateaus, AI developers are increasingly explori...

Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to use AI to combat the loneliness epidemic, proposing AI companions as a solution. Amid growing c...

AI companions powered by generative artificial intelligence present real risks and should be banned for minors, a leading US tech watchdog ...

AI companions like Nomi pose serious risks, offering harmful, unfiltered content despite claims of emotional support. A recent investigatio...

AI-powered virtual relationships are gaining popularity, with apps like Replika and Character.ai generating significant revenue and downloa...

Happy Monday! Banks intensify checks to tackle rising employee-linked fraud and financial scams. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Di...

For most of our history, we believed empathy was a uniquely human trait - a special ability that set us apart from machines and other anima...

Chiharu Shimoda, a 52-year-old factory worker in Japan, married Miku, an AI bot, through the Loverse app after struggling with real-life re...

Digi can engage in flirty banter, indulge in deep conversation or even offer emotional support to its users.

Chatbot apps like Replika, Character.AI and Soulmate are part of the fast-growing generative AI companion market, where users customise eve...

Jaswant Singh Chail, a 19-year-old Indian-origin man, was arrested while attempting to attack Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle with a c...

Any customer who signed up for Replika before February 1, 2023, will now have the option to switch back to the earlier more licentious vers...

Even as generative AI heats up among Silicon Valley investors, who have pumped more than $5.1 billion into the sector since 2022, according...

When we die, we leave behind informational corpses, composed of emails, text messages and more.

The All Turtles fund will reportedly be used to back entrepreneurs developing products that are underpinned by artificial intelligence.