However, Replika is not like most other chatbots as it is not here to help deal with your order or help you place one. Instead, Replika is only here to listen and talk to you. Mitsuku has been featured in a number of other news outlets. Fast Company described Mitsuku as “quite impressive” and declared her the victor over Siri in a chatbot smackdown. A blog post for the Guardian on loneliness explored the role chatbots like Mitsuku and Microsoft’s XiaoIce play as companions, rather than mere assistants, in peoples’ emotional lives. Kuki claims to be an 18-year-old female chatbot from the Metaverse. It contains all of Alice’s AIML files, with many additions from user generated conversations, and is always a work in progress. Early work by one of the company’s co-founders inspired the Spike Jonze movie Her. Today, it also features bots for the web and event SMS channel.
