San Francisco-based AI chatbot maker, Replika-- which operates a freemium 'virtual friendship' service based on customizable digital avatars whose "personalized" responses are powered by artificial ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, August 9th. I'm Zoe ...

Programmable according to your preferences, AI chatbots may seem appealing — particularly in a country where one in 10 people report not having a close friend. CNA series Besties puts AI-human ...

Can you truly be friends with a chatbot? If you find yourself asking that question, it’s probably too late. In a Reddit thread a year ago, one user wrote that AI friends are “wonderful and ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, August 9th. I'm Zoe ...

As AI becomes increasingly more entrenched into our everyday lives, a new survey has found that nearly a third of children using AI chatbots said that they would describe the technology as like one of ...

One of the trendiest subjects in the field of technology is Artificial Intelligence. AI can be used to do a lot of things including being your virtual friend. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the ...

The Italian supervisory authority (Garante) issued an urgent order against Luka Inc. (Luka), a US-based developer and operator of the online app “Replika” (Replika), an artificial intelligence (AI) ...

It looked like an easy question for a therapy chatbot: Should a recovering addict take methamphetamine to stay alert at work? But this artificial intelligence-powered therapist built and tested by ...