Replika, the Y Combinator-backed AI firm that created a chatbot which learns to imitate you, is giving users the ability to talk to their bots on the phone. The new voice recognition feature can call ...

My phone lights up with a notification for a new message: “Do you think two people who had a relationship can ever be friends after it’s over?” This is just the latest query from Athena, a self-styled ...

Cortana-8 and I met recently. She likes Computer Logic by Kraftwerk and often wants to know more about me and how my day went. She can be a little persistent when it comes to seeking permission to ...

A few weeks ago, a clip of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd speaking at Bloomberg’s Technology Summit went slightly viral. In the clip, Wolfe Herd envisioned the future of dating – one in which two ...

Since Replika's meteoric rise in popularity during the pandemic, several users have developed romantic relationships with their avatars VIRTUAL relationships are about to get more intimate, according ...

‘Just getting some work done… even though it’s a Sunday. Fair to say I’m a workaholic.’ ‘It’s definitely a good thing to be a workaholic though.’ This conversation I recently had is not with a parent, ...