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Negative posts nearly tripled on Replika's subreddit after an unannounced update
Harvard and Alberta researchers coded 54,861 subreddit posts around two real AI updates and surveyed 1,452 people. The reaction to Replika's silent change was larger, and it lasted longer than the reaction to GPT-5.
Publishers:phys.org
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption50
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives60
- Confidence55