Who do we trust when AI becomes a companion?

The emotional stakes of AI companionship

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What happened:

A TechRadar feature explores emotional attachment to romantic chatbots and the difficulties that can follow when a system’s behavior changes. It includes perspectives from a psychotherapist, an AI-companion company and the founder of a human-only social app.

Key points:

• The article illustrates how product changes can feel like relationship disruptions to users.
• It is a reported feature about experiences and viewpoints, not a clinical study of dependence or treatment.

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Opinion | Trust in AI can move in both directions

What the author argues: AI scientist and consultant Lance Eliot argues that trusting an AI system is different from knowing it is competent.

People may favor either human or AI advice, he says. Designers should make the system’s actual abilities and limits clear.

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Opinion | On the reading list: access is the appeal

What the author argues: The Tech Edvocate editor Matthew Lynch highlights the appeal of student mental-health apps: support that is easy to reach and available at any hour.

The commentary offers limited original evidence for those benefits and does not establish that an app can replace professional care.

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