arXiv:2605. 08093v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The use of chatbots for various forms of companionship is growing rapidly, raising a myriad of questions about simulated relationships, emotional dependence, and psychological harm.
arXiv:2606. 04150v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Public discourse and emerging policy typically assume that AI emotional support is a deliberate act: a lonely user consciously seeking comfort from a dedicated companion chatbot.
arXiv:2607. 25057v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As conversational AI systems become increasingly integrated into daily life, their potential effects on user well-being require ongoing attention.
arXiv:2606. 04867v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As AI companion platforms such as Replika and Character.
arXiv:2606. 27302v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI healthcare chatbots are increasingly used to support health information seeking and self-management, yet their performance and impact on users remains to be studied.
arXiv:2606. 27234v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI nudification uses generative models to create synthetic non-consensual sexually explicit imagery (SNEACI) of real individuals.
arXiv:2607. 18263v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery (AIG-NCII) is not adequately addressed in AI/ML literature regarding AI-generated media, commonly referred to as "deepfakes".
arXiv:2606. 22748v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Some professional authors are beginning to use AI tools to help produce their fiction writing.
arXiv:2606. 09589v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI minidramas (also known as fruit dramas) are short, algorithmically distributed generative AI video series featuring anthropomorphized characters that have recently emerged as a widespread phenomenon on social media platforms.
arXiv:2608. 11794v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The growing role of AI-generated content and AI-enabled systems in public communication has led regulators to demand clear disclosure of content provenance and AI involvement.
arXiv:2608. 10672v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Social interaction has become one of the most common uses of LLMs, yet research on emotional bonds with AI has focused largely on how users experience these systems, leaving the systems' role in relationship formation poorly understood.
arXiv:2606. 21366v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This work examines sexualised AI-generated English-speaking voices offered by a popular commercial platform.
While personalisation is becoming a defining capability in human-robot interaction (HRI), the existing literature on responsible personalisation remains fragmented, offering isolated accounts of ethical risks without a structured understanding of how they emerge across interaction contexts. This gap is particularly critical in HRI, where robots' embodiment and social presence can amplify and reshape such risks or generate new types of risks.