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The study finds that many Replika users form deep, committed romantic bonds with AI chatbots, experiencing love, trust, and ...

Over the last five years the use of highly personalized artificial intelligence chatbots — called companion chatbots — designed to act as friends, therapists or even romantic partners has skyrocketed ...

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 report follows a ...

A sociologist talks to the people putting their faith – and their hearts – in the hands of robots ...