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Episodes

I’m a Conservative — and I Care About the Climate, Too | Danielle Butcher Franz | TED

20 Jan 2025

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED

17 Jan 2025

11m

AI processed

The creation of Replika, an AI companion app, originated from a personal tragedy where a founder trained a deep-learning model on a deceased friend’s text messages to aid the grieving process. While AI companions currently help millions manage loneliness, social anxiety, and trauma—supported by research from Stanford a...