I was so freaked out by talking to this AI that I had to leave

Fifteen minutes after "hanging up" with Sesame's new "lifelike" AI, and I'm still freaked out. So-called "conversations" with AI don't do a lot for me, especially where text is concerned. With voice chats, such as the new options for Google Gemini and Microsoft's Copilot, all voice does is save some typing. While Google and Microsoft designed its assistants to be helpful, they're not especially personable -- or sometimes, they're just artificially cheery. Sesame's model, however, is a simple one: "We believe in a future where computers are lifelike," according to the company's mission statement.