REPLIKA AI is a ‘companion in your pocket’ app that has branded itself as a chatbot “who cares.” People have even reported developing feelings for Replika AI. But what gives this AI such an edge?

Every lonely kid who reached puberty alongside the rise of instant messaging shares a mutual friend. Smarterchild, a chatbot built for AOL, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger was, for many internet users, their ...

Chatbots are a common application of natural language processing and machine learning, and it is used in clones for communication. Chatbots are often seen in science fiction movies and TV shows, the ...

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 ...