Researchers at Stanford and the University of Oregon surveyed a cohort of self-identified lonely Replika users and found that its use was “associated with enhanced human-human interactions for ...

As AI has gotten smarter, more pervasive and more human-like, chatbots are taking off. Companies like Replika and character.ai invite users to create personalized digital confidants that people can ...

If you search Replika in the Google Play store, you’ll find it billed as “My AI Friend.” Users of the app seem to see their relationship that way too. Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, a media-and ...