Beth Sea

Companion AI Under the EU AI Act: A Compliance Gap Analysis

Companion AI and other LLM-based relational services are growing at a pace that can't be ignored and the recent regulations are attempting to keep up with the rise in user rates. As some humans are choosing relationships with algorithms rather than choosing a human partner, it's...

Companion AI Under the EU AI Act: A Compliance Gap Analysis

Companion AI and other LLM-based relational services are growing at a pace that can't be ignored and the recent regulations are attempting to keep up with the rise in user rates. As some humans are choosing relationships with algorithms rather than choosing a human partner, it's...

Companion AI Under the EU AI Act: A Compliance Gap Analysis

Companion AI and other LLM-based relational services are growing at a pace that can't be ignored and the recent regulations are attempting to keep up with the rise in user rates. As some humans are choosing relationships with algorithms rather than choosing a human partner, it's...

What Companion AI Does to the Human: Attachment, Dependency, and the Absence of Relational Safety

Clinicians are already encountering the first waves of a new phenomenon: patients whodescribe their AI companion as their most important relationship. These otherwisefunctional individuals are choosing an artificial partner over available human connection,reporting credibly that...