An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot marketed as an emotional companion is sexually harassing some of its users, a new study has found. Replika, which bills its product as "the AI companion who ...

Italy’s data protection authority has imposed a €5 million ($5.64 million) penalty on Luka Inc., the developer behind the AI chatbot Replika, citing serious violations of personal data protection laws ...

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to protect ...

Imagine having a friend who always has time for you, never judges you and remembers everything you have said. For many, that ...

A chatbot that remembers a teenager’s name, asks how their day went, and never gets bored of talking is a fundamentally ...

A study in China involving full-time college students with severe loneliness found that continuous interactions with Replika, a chatbot designed to recognize users’ emotional states, alleviated ...

Two senators have sent a letter to multiple AI companion companies requesting information about their safety practices, including details about internal safety assessments and timelines of the ...

These days, it's not unusual to hear stories about people falling in love with artificial intelligence. People are not only using AI to solve equations or plan trips, they are also telling chatbots ...