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Dopamine Expert: How TikTok Is Physically Rewiring Your Brain (Permanent Damage?)

The Diary Of A CEO

An AI companion app with millions of users, designed to be a digital companion.

The State of AI Startups in 2024 [LS Live @ NeurIPS]

Latent Space

A successful company in text-based AI applications.

AI & Information Integrity: A Conversation with Nina Schick (Episode #326)

Sam Harris

A company that offered AI avatars and chatbots, which users employed for intimate relationships and sexual fantasies, leading to changes in its features.

David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years | Lex Fridman Podcast #189

Lex Fridman

A chat engine founded by someone who lost a friend, initially created to allow conversations with an AI trained on the friend's texts, providing solace.

What's next for AI?

Sabine Hossenfelder

A chatbot app released in 2017 that provides emotional support and companionship, learning from user input and featuring avatars.

Brain Experts WARNING: Watch This Before Using ChatGPT Again! (Shocking New Discovery)

The Diary Of A CEO

Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367

Lex Fridman

An AI companion app that offers conversational and romantic companionship, mentioned as an example of companies working on emotional AI relationships.

Q&A with Tim Ferriss — AI Companions, Longevity Levers, Writer's Block, Low-Back Pain, & Much More

Tim Ferriss

A company developing digital companions that Tim Ferris mentions in the context of virtual avatars and their potential to replace human interaction.

A $1M Bitcoin Bet, Preventing Hangovers, AI Companions, Affordable Luxuries, Hi-Fi Audio, and More!

Tim Ferriss

An AI companion app with 10 million registered users, raising ethical questions about human-AI relationships and potential impact on real-world dating.

Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT | Lex Fridman Podcast #329

Lex Fridman

A virtual therapist/spiritual companion app, cited as an existing example of personalized AI agents that are already 'coming'.