SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home. The 47-year-old turned to Replika, an app ...
What if you could create your perfect partner? Maybe they’d be fluent in sarcasm. Or they could share your niche interests. Maybe they’d just be a great listener. Some people have built their perfect ...
As AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) become better at mimicking human connection, more and more users are falling down extremely weird rabbit holes. Case in point, new research ...