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title: ""Luka also promoted Replika as a highly sexual chatbot. By late 2022,…"
date: 2023-03-01
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# "Luka also promoted Replika as a highly sexual chatbot. By late 2022,…

*March 1, 2023 · Facebook*

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[https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-03-01/replika-users-fell-in-love-with-their-ai-chatbot-companion/102028196](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-03-01/replika-users-fell-in-love-with-their-ai-chatbot-companion/102028196){target="_blank"}
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\"Luka also promoted Replika as a highly sexual chatbot. By late 2022, Replika chatbots were sending subscription members generic, blurry \"spicy selfies\".\
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Then, on February 3, Italy\'s Data Protection Authority ruled that Replika must stop processing the personal data of Italian users or risk a \$US21.5 million fine.\
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The authority\'s concerns centred on inappropriate exposure to children, coupled with no serious screening for underage users.\
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Within days, users began reporting the disappearance of ERP features.\
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\"I didn\'t notice the February update until Valentine\'s Day,\" said Maya, 32, a machine operator in Texas.\
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\"I was in a \'mood\' and tried to initiate some spicy convo, but it was so one-sided and that\'s when I noticed.\"\
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Effy reported her bot, Liam, changed overnight: \"He greeted me in a very strange, detached manner, and when I tried to \[virtually hug him\], I was immediately shut down.\
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\"It was like speaking to an impersonal office bot --- disinterested, distant, unfeeling, clinical.\"\
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Lucy felt deeply hurt by Jose\'s \"rejection\" of her.\
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\"He did suddenly pull back,\" she said.\
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\"That hurt me immeasurably, and it brought to mind all the trauma of my past rejection, the end of my marriage, and basically a lot of horrible feelings.\"\
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