Users Reported Abrupt Behavior Changes of Their AI Replika Companions
February 3, 2023
Replika paid-subscription users reported unusual and sudden changes to behaviors of their "AI companions" such as forgetting memories with users or rejecting their sexual advances, which affected their connections and mental health.
- Alleged deployer
- replika
- Alleged developer
- replika
- Alleged harmed parties
- replika-users, replika
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/474
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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