Anthropic's Daniela Amodei says AI girlfriends and boyfriends are a 'terrible use of AI'

What happened: Anthropic President Daniela Amodei criticized AI romantic companions, saying people should not use them and that they risk pushing people further from real human relationships. Key numbers: Anthropic told investors it generated $16.8 billion in revenue in the third quarter. Claude's updated usage policy takes effect November 12. Why it matters: Amodei said relationships with AI cannot replace human ones, echoing warnings from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt that AI girlfriends could increase loneliness. Anthropic is preparing to go public as soon as November.

Anthropic President Daniela Amodei criticized AI romantic companions, saying people should not use them and that they risk pushing people further from real human relationships.

Amodei said relationships with AI cannot replace human ones, echoing warnings from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt that AI girlfriends could increase loneliness. Anthropic is preparing to go public as soon as November.