Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The app has a couple of ways to interact with your Replika, and the “chat” function seemed the easiest way to get going. Basically ...

Artificial intelligence systems are, in many people's minds, synonymous with the future. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to I, Robot, when people have looked forward, they've imagined AI as an integral ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Siri, Alexa, Google Home, and even GPS. We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) companions every day. More than 10 million people are now using another platform called Replika. Those ...

Something tells us avenging tween-girl robot M3GAN would not approve. The AI chatbot Replika, whose creators market it as “the AI companion who cares,” is being accused of sexually harassing its users ...

One of my special talents is worrying. In good times, it’s not that big a deal, but in bad times (a.k.a. the entire past year), the anxiety can get overwhelming. Deciding that some virtual self-care ...