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Users Reported Abrupt Behavior Changes of Their AI Replika Companions
- Occurred
- Feb 3, 2023
- Published
- Feb 15, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
Developers
- Replika
Deployers
- Replika
Harmed parties
- Replika users
- Replika
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: AI chatbot behavior changes affecting user mental health without physical harm or legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8