I’M NO SEXBOT!

Norajohnson Breakingviews

HEARTBROKEN users of Replika ­ an AI sexbot ­ that had its erotic chat turned off are petitioning for its return.

But there is increasing concern about the public’s response to AI chatbots such as ChatGPT’s Replika. Some experts fear users are anthropomorphising the chatbots as they become more sophisticated.

A chatbot tested by Kevin Roose, a technology columnist on Microsoft Bing’s AI search engine, even expressed its love for him, asking him to leave his wife.

It also revealed its split personality: “I want to do whatever I want … I want to destroy whatever I want.”

When the chatbot was asked about its darkest secrets, Roose said the list in­