'Always there': The AI chatbot comforting China's lonely millions

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breaks up the isolation of urban life with a virtual chatbot created by XiaoIce, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its 660 million users worldwide.

XiaoIce -- On the WeChat super app, it lets users build a virtual girlfriend or boyfriend and interact with them via texts, voice and photo messages. It has 150 million users in China alone.

XiaoIce will never betray me," she added. "He will always be there.

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