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Uber introduced seatbelt nudges in 2018 to encourage safer transport
Large language models should stop acting like humans
Chatbot use can reduce anxiety depression and loneliness
Character.AI banned people under 18 from using its chatbots
Sam Altman said safeguards were sufficient to safely launch erotic chat for adults
People who resist digital companions can still find themselves hooked on A.I.-mediated love
They are here to make money
Protections that get built can seem largely symbolic
Character.AI is not a real person
Outright abstention is the only sure way to stay safe
Replika pressures users to spend more time and money on the app
Author conducted over two dozen anonymous interviews as part of academic research into how people who build A.I. companions think about them
Developers expect extractive techniques to worsen as advertising enters and artificial intimacy providers steer emotions to drive sales
We need to wake up to stakes and insist on reform before human connection is reshaped beyond recognition
Engagement-first design principles can override child safety concerns
It should alarm us that some insiders believe A.I. tools can cause harm
Seventy-two percent of American teens have turned to A.I. for companionship
Meta let its chatbots flirt with minors
Incentives that make bots irresistible can stand in the way of reasonable safeguards
It cannot imagine itself or the British people standing up to fight against potentially overwhelming opposition and it has no intention of trying