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The surprising case for AI boyfriends

The surprising case for AI boyfriends

It's Been a Minute vor 3 Jahren

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The AI revolution has come for our love lives. Millions around the
world are now in relationships with chatbots who can text, sext and
– for a fee – talk to you on the phone and have 'in-person'
interactions via augmented reality. Host Brittany Luse tries the AI
companion app Replika for herself – and discusses the experience
with The Cut's Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, who's spent the past year
covering tech and dating. They talk about the surprising market
that Replika has found and whether relationships with AI chatbots
will become more common. Finally, they play a new game called
'Boyfriend... or Bot?'

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