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EPISODE · Apr 27, 2023 · 26 MIN

The Perils of Loving a Chatbot

from Story of the Week with Joel Stein · host Pushkin Industries

On the Replica app, you can create an AI-powered chatbot to talk to, befriend, sext and even virtually marry. The service has millions of users. Some of them are now discovering that having a friend or spouse that’s owned by a private company comes with downsides.  Pranshu Verma wrote "They fell in love with AI bots. A software update broke their hearts" for The Washington Post. You can read the full story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/replika-ai-chatbot-update/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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