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...

As technology evolves, a growing number of teenagers are finding solace in chatbots, viewing them as reliable companions. While these AI en...

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-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...

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

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...

Some even alleged the chatbot of sexual harassment.

Experts warn that there is plenty for regulators to be worried about, particularly when the bots get so good that it becomes impossible to ...

The phenomenon of people believing they are talking to a conscious entity is not uncommon.