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 ...

Replika was created by Russian-born Eugenia Kuyda to be an AI companion. Siri could turn on your lights, but Replika could ask about your day. Launched in 2017, Replika wasn’t intended for sex ...

Tech ethics organizations have filed an FTC complaint against the AI companion app Replika, alleging that the company employs deceptive marketing to target vulnerable potential users and ...

3. When Replika AI "sexually harassed" a user Replika, an AI chatbot designed to provide emotional support, found itself at the center of controversy in January 2023 when users reported that it ...

People are now marrying AI bots and as per Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda, it is perfectly okay for people to marry their AI girlfriends or boyfriends. Replika is an app that provides users with an AI ...