Replika is an AI friend that you can talk to designed to make you…
Luka is a software development company based in San Francisco, California.
The company created Luka app, a new messenger with AI-powered chatbots. They help you find places to eat, do web search, make plans together, pick places to eat, play trivia games and lots of other things in a messenger.
In 2016 Luka launched a closed testing of Replika, a new app that allows to create a personal AI friend that helps people deal with loneliness. The app is powered by a proprietary deep learning architecture.
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