Uncharted Territory: Do AI Girlfriend Apps Promote Unhealthy Expectations For Human Relationships?

A screengrab from the Replika app.

Control it how you want, reads the slogan of AI girlfriend app Eva AI. Connect with a virtual AI partner who listens, responds, and appreciates you. A decade since Joaquin Phoenix fell in love with his AI partner Samantha, played by Scarlett Johansson in Spike Jonze’s film Her, the proliferation of large language models has … Read more