From Replika to sex-mad Allie: Why do people connect with romantic AI chatbots?

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 22, 2025View source ↗

2023 is rapidly becoming the year of the AI chatbot companion. This trend ranges from Replika users nearly rebelling when the app’s ‘erotic mode’ was briefly threatened, to a multitude of influencers creating articulate AI versions of themselves. An AI chatbot companion comes in the form of a virtual person you can chat to, usually […]

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