Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI ...

AI companion apps such as Character.ai and Replika commonly try to boost user engagement with emotional manipulation, a practice that academics characterize as a dark pattern.… Users of these apps ...

As technology grows more connected, people often feel more alone. With this in mind, Zumi introduces its next-generation AI companion designed to bring warmth, memory, and personality to digital ...

Tech ethics organizations have filed an FTC complaint against the AI companion app Replika, alleging that the company employs deceptive marketing to target vulnerable potential users and encourages ...

CES 2026 unveils AI-powered companions, pocket supercomputers, and interactive robots that bring futuristic tech directly ...

China’s internet regulator issued new draft rules on Saturday that aim to regulate the use of artificial intelligence “companions,” which are defined as systems that interact with humans and display ...

Millions of private messages meant to stay secret are now public. Two AI companion apps, Chattee Chat and GiMe Chat, have exposed more than 43 million intimate messages and over 600,000 images and ...