This Chatbot Doesn't Just Talk to People. It Mimics Them.

Eugenia Kuyda, 29, is the co-founder of Luka, whose main chatbot product mostly recommends restaurants. How did you go from a restaurant recommendation chatbot to, well, this? When I was living in San Francisco working on Luka, I lived with Roman, my best friend. He was killed in an accident, walking across the street. A few months after, I was sitting at home and reading through our text exchanges. And I was like, Goddammit, I opened up so much to him--am I going to be alone?