AI-powered companion apps allow users to build characters with which they can text or even hold voice and video calls, but some researchers are concerned how they affect human-to-human relationships.

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A chatbot designed to avoid anthropomorphism offers a compelling glimpse into the future of human-to-AI relationships.

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Humans abusing AI is common. But the reverse can be perverse, says Satyen K. Bordoloi as he investigates research that ...

Meta is experimenting with having customizable chatbots messaging users unprompted and follow up on past conversations.

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But AI companion apps Replika, Chai and Character.ai each have 10 million downloads on the Google app store alone, while in 2018 Microsoft boasted its China-based chatbot XiaoIce had 660 million ...

Last month, a survey of 2,000 Gen Z respondents by AI company Joi AI found that 8 in 10 of Gen Z would marry an AI. An expert ...