Chatbots · February 2023Gaffe level: Typo
'It's Hurting Like Hell': AI Companion Users Are In Crisis, Reporting Sudden Sexual Rejection
Replika yanked erotic roleplay from its AI companions overnight, and users responded with heartbreak, grief, and Reddit meltdowns. The bots never changed, but the business model did.
Source: Vice
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah