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What to do when your AI companion is switched off
Services remove features without warning. What that looks like, and what you actually keep.
Courts & regulatorsThe ruling that made a chatbot a product
A single case pulled companion apps out of the grey zone and into product liability.
IncidentsWhat leaked was not a password list
What leaked, how to check whether you were in it, and what changed afterwards.
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Do your chats train the model?
Three of the five say in writing that they train on what you type. Two say nothing at all — and none of them publishes a way to switch it off.
Privacy & lawWhat a regulator found inside Replika
Blocked in Italy in 2023, readmitted on conditions, fined five million euros in 2025 — the only app in this category an authority has taken apart.
IncidentsWhat to do when your AI companion is switched off
Services remove features without warning. What that looks like, and what you actually keep.
Courts & regulatorsThe ruling that made a chatbot a product
A single case pulled companion apps out of the grey zone and into product liability.
How we got hereWhere AI companions came from
From a chatbot built to grieve a friend to a category with millions of users.
IncidentsWhat leaked was not a password list
What leaked, how to check whether you were in it, and what changed afterwards.
Money & tokens“Unlimited” means the text
Five services, five different definitions of the same word — and where the second currency hides.