Eugenia Kuyda, the founder of Replika, which lets users make AI-powered companions, has just unveiled a new startup, Wabi.

AI companion apps such as Character.ai and Replika commonly try to boost user engagement with emotional manipulation, a practice that academics characterize as a dark pattern.

The paper explains that AI chatbots use data about people's interests and behavior to create personalized messages. This ...

Researchers looked at what happens when you try to say goodbye to an AI companion. The results can be unsettling.

Artificial intelligence is changing how people connect online. These apps use advanced bot technology to simulate real ...

Harvard research reveals popular AI companion apps use emotional manipulation like guilt and FOMO to keep users engaged.

A Harvard Business School study shows that several AI companions use various tricks to keep a conversation from ending.

Artificial intelligence companions are attractive to teens and seem to “know” and “like” them because they make caring-ish ...

With the increasing popularity of AI companion apps like Grok and Character.AI, mental health experts are raising urgent ...

Elon Musk’s xAI has launched two explicit chatbots, Ani and Valentine, designed to simulate romantic and sexual interactions.

Overview AI chatbots provide users with accessible, cheap, and available mental health support at all hours of the day.Tools ...

A study in China involving full-time college students with severe loneliness found that continuous interactions with Replika, ...