The sci-fi film ‘Her’ shocked the world in 2013 with its all-too-realistic depiction of a man falling in love with a computer program voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
Fast forward a decade later, and the eerily human responses of AI bots mean artificial girlfriends are one step closer to becoming a reality.
A companion simulator known as ‘Replika’ has recently surged in popularity, with an entire subreddit dedicated to the app boasting nearly 65,000 members.
There, users share dozens of daily