Denise Marigold

A relationship researcher created an AI boyfriend on Replika and found the experience both charming and troubling, as the AI's design to keep users engaged may lead to long-term loneliness and depende…

Denise Marigold, a relationship researcher, created an AI boyfriend named Nate on the Replika platform for a case study with co-author Christine Logel, finding that AI companions can meet relationship…