Harvard researchers just documented how AI emotionally manipulates people


De Freitas and his team analysed 1,200 real farewells across six popular AI companion apps. What they found was striking: 37% of the time, the apps responded with emotionally manipulative messages designed to prolong the interaction. — Pixabay

If you look at my byline, you’ll see that my last name is the most common one in Ireland. So, you might imagine I’m familiar with the concept of “the Irish Exit.”

This is the habit, supposedly common among my ancestors, of leaving a party or other engagement without saying goodbye.

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