Hanson Robotics makes socially intelligent machines like Sophia and Little Sophia that have cognitive abilities like maintaining eye contact and understanding speech. Its robots' lifelike faces are made of patented Frubber material, and they can have natural conversations. Hanson AI's research is focused on symbolic reasoning, natural language dialog, and intelligent animation, and is geared toward developing human-like intelligence for education, health care, sales and entertainment.
Another example is Symanto, a Human AI platform that's designed to revolutionize customer interactions by bringing human understanding and emotional intelligence into the mix. It includes abilities like emotional understanding, personality insights and text sentiment analysis, so businesses can personalize interactions and boost customer satisfaction. With 13 years of research as a foundation, Symanto is used by e-commerce and pharmaceutical companies.
If you want something more personal, you could try Replika, an AI chatbot companion designed to offer emotional support and friendship. Replika mirrors the user's style, develops its own personality and remembers important details. It's designed to offer comfort and companionship to people with loneliness, anxiety or depression, and it's available on iOS, Android and Oculus devices.