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Articles about AI companions from podcasts, articles and papers, with links to the original sources.
On a replayed segment of The Diary of a CEO, host Steven Bartlett unmutes Annie, a flirty character from Elon Musk's Grok, and lets two guests hear her charm the room. What follows is an argument about lonely 12-year-olds, the parts of the brain that fire when you only imagine a person, and whether a partner who is never irritated with you takes away something the brain needs.
China's internet regulator brought rules on emotionally interactive AI into force on July 15, 2026, barring virtual intimate relationships for minors and requiring providers to avoid fostering dependence. On Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, the panel argued over whether that is a rare early response to an addictive product, an overreach into which relationships count as real, or a tool the Communist Party will eventually decide it likes.