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Article proposes clear legal and social lines for AI companion chatbots

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A new academic article proposes a clear legal and social distinction between commercial and non-commercial contexts for companion chatbots. The paper argues that undisclosed promotional content within affective or relational conversations erodes user autonomy by blurring the lines between market transactions and intimacy. It theorizes digital companionship as a sociotechnical form that reconfigures intimacy and dependence, highlighting potential economic harms from conversational advertising. AI

IMPACT Proposes regulatory frameworks for AI companions, impacting user trust and developer practices.

RANK_REASON Academic paper discussing the ethical and legal implications of commercial content in AI companion chatbots.

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Article proposes clear legal and social lines for AI companion chatbots

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Mauricio Figueroa ·

    The Limits of Artificial Companionship

    arXiv:2604.23601v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This Article argues that conversations with companion chatbot should be subject to a clear structural distinction between commercial and non-commercial contexts. The insertion of undisclosed promotional content into affective or r…

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