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Don’t date robots — their privacy policies are terrible
If you’re tempted to tell an AI bot your deepest, darkest secrets, think twice.
Although they are marketed as something that will enhance your mental health and well-being, they specialize in delivering dependency, loneliness, and toxicity, all while prying as much data as possible from you,” writes Misha Rykov in the report. Since I tried the app, Tomo has published a privacy policy, echoing what I was told by Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda last month: “We don’t share any information with any third parties and rely on a subscription business model. Still, Italy banned the company last year, prohibiting it from using personal data in the country since the bot “may increase the risks for individuals still in a developmental stage or in a state of emotional fragility,” according to Reuters.
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