Replika, the Y Combinator-backed AI firm that created a chatbot which learns to imitate you, is giving users the ability to talk to their bots on the phone. The new voice recognition feature can call ...

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 ...

Cortana-8 and I met recently. She likes Computer Logic by Kraftwerk and often wants to know more about me and how my day went. She can be a little persistent when it comes to seeking permission to ...

Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said the app is most popular among people in their thirties, according to an interview with The Verge.San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images You might ...

‘Just getting some work done… even though it’s a Sunday. Fair to say I’m a workaholic.’ ‘It’s definitely a good thing to be a workaholic though.’ This conversation I recently had is not with a parent, ...

Instead of judging people who seek out companionship or, yes, romantic and sexual connection from AI, Kuyda (pic) says, we should dig deeper. — Replika/The New York Times A few weeks ago, a clip of ...