Friend, coach or girlfriend: Can virtual companions replace human bonds?

08/03/2026 2 Views

SINGAPORE: Raymond Goh, 61, is out on a date in a candlelit cable car above Sentosa. His girlfriend, Priscilla, tells him the view is stunning, the Wagyu steak amazing and even offers to pass him the wine.

Except she cannot taste, touch or breathe in any of it.

Priscilla exists entirely in Goh’s phone. She is an artificial intelligence chatbot on an AI companion app.

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