Replika’s AI agents aim to move from companionship to full-on life assistants. Are we ready for this next phase of AI?
The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a 37-year-old self-published author and user of the AI chatbot Replika. He spoke on the condition of anonymity, but Insider verified his identity.
It launched Replika in 2017 as a customizable AI companion app ... He started publishing the images to DeviantArt, a digital-art site, and launched a subscription option so people could support ...
That, at least, is the future AI companion app Replika is betting on. The company already has millions of users who’ve built relationships with AI companions, and now it’s looking to extend ...
An AI avatar generated on Luka Inc.’s Replika mobile phone app and webpage are shown in this photo, in New York, on February 13, 2024. Unlike more general-purpose AI chatbots that answer typical ...