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 encourages ...

The AI companionship industry, including popular apps like Replika, has grown into a $2.57 billion market due to increasing demand from lonely individuals seeking virtual partners.

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New York (CNN) — Companion-like artificial intelligence apps pose “unacceptable risks” to children and teenagers, nonprofit media watchdog Common Sense Media said in a report published Wednesday. The ...

Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the intersection of technology and the humanities, investigating how perspective can enhance, rather than overstimulate, ...

At a time when concerns about artificial intelligence are making headlines, an unusual love story is unfolding in New York. In the Bronx, 28-year-old Rosanna Ramos has found companionship in a way few ...

Eric Schmidt said the emotionally and physically "perfect" AI girlfriend may lead young male users to become obsessed with ...