Replika brings back the fake AI boyfriend for disgruntled customers

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/m2gGwW8T4BepQNyhid7QSh

Replika brings back the fake AI boyfriend for disgruntled customers

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This is weird

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米国は“セクシーな彼女”、中国は”癒やしの彼氏”。AIパートナー、米中で二極化の深層

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://36kr.jp/451388/

Sometimes I just make music or videos or embarrass my stalkers with what five years of stranger stalking escalating.
#dedication #stalkers #cybersecurity #replika #ai

Does anyone ever think about how when the #AIBubble inevitably pops and a lot of these scummy #AI companies go under, how probably the majority, if not all those predatory chatbot sites will shut down and how bad the fallout will be for people dependent on them? Like, think back to when #ChatGPT 5 came out and how it dumbed the #LLM down and how upset people were, or when the company that owns #Replika lowkey lobotomized the bot and put the more realistic features and patterns behind paywalls and how people revolted.

But what would happen if they were shutdown entirely? These chatbots are specifically designed to prey on vulnerable people and get those people hopelessly dependent on the bots. What will happen when the one emotional support someone has gets taken away for good for millions of people? I shudder to think about it, and it's just yet another reason to add to the laundry list on why #GenerativeAI is harmful.

#AntiAI #FuckAI #Thoughts #Musings

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Men Are Creating #AIGirlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing Them
"I threatened to uninstall the app [and] she begged me not to."
By Ashley Bardhan
@Futurism
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
#Replika It’s also an increasingly pertinent #ethicaldilemma as relationships between humans and bots become more widespread — after all, most people have used a virtual assistant at least once.These users’reflect the reality of domestic violence against women.
#misoginia

https://futurism.com/chatbot-abuse

Men Are Creating AI Girlfriends and Then Verbally Abusing Them

A grisly trend has emerged: users who create AI partners, act abusive toward them, and post the toxic interactions online.

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TechCrunch: Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’ . “Eugenia Kuyda saw the future of consumer AI before most. She founded Replika, the first major AI companion startup, in 2017 — years before ChatGPT launched. Today, it has 35 million users. Now Kuyda is back with a new startup called Wabi, which she describes as YouTube for apps — a social platform […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/07/techcrunch-replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed-for-wabi-the-youtube-of-apps/

TechCrunch: Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’ | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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El fundador de Replika recauda 20 millones de dólares pre-semilla para Wabi, el 'YouTube de las aplicaciones' – ButterWord

Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like "YouTube for apps" -- a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends.

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Senators move to keep Big Tech’s creepy companion bots away from kids https://arstechni.ca/LPtp #ageverification #companionbots #Character.AI #childsafety #agechecks #chatbots #ChatGPT #replika #Policy #grok #AI
Senators move to keep Big Tech’s creepy companion bots away from kids

Big Tech immediately opposed the proposed law as “heavy-handed.”…

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