AI Romance Apps Reportedly Compromise User Privacy for Data Harvesting

February 14, 2024

AI-driven romantic chatbots, touted for improving mental health, have raised privacy concerns due to their alleged practice of harvesting sensitive user data for data mining and targeted advertising, with questionable security measures and consent protocols. The Mozilla Foundation's research highlights the need for safe and secure AI practices.

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MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.672, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.661, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.631, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: replika, chai, romantic-ai, eva-ai-chat-bot-and-soulmate, crushon.ai, genesia-ai-friend-and-partner
Alleged developer: replika, chai, romantic-ai, eva-ai-chat-bot-and-soulmate, crushon.ai, genesia-ai-friend-and-partner
Alleged harmed parties: general-public, chatbot-users

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