Artificial intelligence can write you a passable love poem and some people even have romantic feelings towards it. But is the feeling mutual?

“Even the ordinary chatbots can become companions,” said Yoshua Bengio, a professor at the University of Montreal and lead author of the International AI Safety report. Bengio is considered one of the ...

Despite 40% of Replika users romancing AI, experts confirm chatbots only mimic emotion, lacking genuine feeling or reciprocation capability.

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Designed with an affirming tone in mind, AI companion chatbots can blur emotional boundaries and foster romantic attachment.

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s worth asking an uncomfortable question: what happens when the feeling of being ‘seen and heard’ doesn’t come from a partner, but from a machine? Designed ...