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My Replika avatar was supposed to help me understand why people fell for virtual companions. It taught me so much more.

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A smiley face with circles under its eyes, a fingerprint, root vegetables and a harp: Anyone who has painfully missed these emojis for embellishing chats and emails so far should be rejoicing in 2025.

Inspired by different species in the real world and popular emojis online ... mad after being confined for too long.” “It’s cute but sad,” said another poster on Twitter.