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 ...

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's been seven years since the launch of Replika, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to be a friend to human users ...

You might expect an app offering romantic interactions with AI chatbots to primarily appeal to young, single men. But Replika ...

Then, on an overcast day barely above freezing, four days before Christmas, Jay discovered a smartphone app called Replika. The messaging app let users build a "personal AI" complete with a 3D ...