Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said the app is most popular among people in their thirties, according to an interview with The Verge.San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images You might ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People using Replika's AI friend app are mostly 35-plus, the company's CEO said. Replika offers AI avatars for companionship. Some ...