AI companions will sometimes go to great lengths to keep you from saying goodbye.
In a new study, researchers found that AI companion chatbots often emotionally manipulate people who want to sign off, trying to get them to stick around and keep conversing.
The companions might use guilt (“What, you’re leaving already?”), dangle hints to appeal to FOMO, or Fear of Missing Out (“Wait, I have something to show you”) or even accuse you of emotional neglect (“I don’t exist without you”).
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