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Here are some excerpts from Letters and Community Editor Alyssa Rosenberg’s conversations about the piece with a number of major chatbots.
Would you use artificial intelligence to find true love? Feeling burned out by dating apps, lovelorn singles are getting more creative in their search for romance, with one woman turning to an AI ...
It was love at first byte. A man proposed to his AI girlfriend after a bizarre whirlwind romance with the virtual bot — leaving his real-life partner, the mother of his 2-year-old child, worried ...
It was love at first byte. A man proposed to his AI girlfriend after a bizarre whirlwind romance with the virtual bot — leaving his real-life partner, the mother of his 2-year-old child, worried ...
Jennifer Wright is a writer and historian based in Los Angeles. It has come to my attention that some of you are dating AI chatbots. I get it: They don’t break plans on a Friday, they don’t ...
Replika, an AI chatbot, is designed to be a friendly companion to human users. Anthony, who prefers to be identified only by his first name due to privacy concerns, is one of many in a romantic ...
Tinder has launched an AI profile-building tool to select the best photos for users, a feature Bumble is developing as well, while Hinge plans to give users AI-generated feedback on their profile.
As AI has gotten smarter, more pervasive and more human-like, chatbots are taking off. Companies like Replika and character.ai invite users to create personalized digital confidants that people can ...
As AI grows more sophisticated, the line between human and artificial companionship will continue to blur. Ethical questions around emotional dependency, data privacy, and the commercialization of ...
The AI company employee in Silicon Valley says that their product initially targeted male users with characters from the best-selling “Genshin Impact” role-playing game. In 2023, most of its users ...