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64 stories · last 45 days · Briefs archive

14h ago
→Find and Use Top Polybuzz AI Girlfriend Tools 2026 {SxC-00}
News 日本取引所グループ

19h ago
→Tencent Builds Eciyuan, an AI Companion That Coaches You Mid-Match
News Happy Gamer

Yesterday
→Chinese Tech Giant Tencent Launches AI Companions For Gamers
Product 80 Level

Yesterday
→Video Premiere: Linda Marks “My AI Boyfriend”
News Americana Highways

2 days ago
→What AI Companion Apps Should Tell You Before Your First Chat
News Hypefresh Magazine, Inc.

2 days ago
→Lonely Gamers Get AI Companions as Tencent Opens Beta for Assistant That Watches Gameplay and Talks Back
News www.techtimes.co.uk

2 days ago
→I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude & Perplexity about AI companions in 2030 — here's what surprised me
News Tom's Guide

2 days ago
→AI Chatbot Liability Lawsuits: Tracker of Youth-Harm and Companion-Chatbot Cases
Regulation FourWeekMBA

2 days ago
→Time to Ban AI Companions
Regulation First Things

2 days ago
→Hulu's new horror movie about an AI companion gets chatbots uncomfortably right
Product MakeUseOf

3 days ago
→Six-sided transparent cube with LED matrix shapes screenless AI companion
News Adafruit

4 days ago
→Black Kite’s 2026 AI Supply Chain Report: The Risks Behind Your AI Relationships
Research Unite.AI

4 days ago
→New York Chatbot Law Requires Adults to Verify Their Age
Regulation Reclaim The Net

4 days ago
→New Jersey Bill Would Treat AI Chatbots as Products and Impose Strict Liability on Chatbot Providers
Regulation The National Law Review

5 days ago
→The AI Companion Conundrum: Can Artificial Relationships Replace Human Connection?
News PC Tech Magazine

6 November 2026
→Temple is roomdeaf AI companion that listens through vibrations: Deepinder Goyal
News Digit

5 November 2026
→Apple Sets 18+ Ratings for Dating Apps and Romantic AI Companions
News TechRepublic

4 November 2026
→Apple Raises Age Restrictions on Dating and AI Companion Apps
Funding & M&A We are Tech

4 November 2026
→Apple’s New App Store Rule Explained: Why Dating And AI Companion Apps Are Now 18+
Product NDTV Profit

4 November 2026
→Katie Price, 48, parties with 'AI boyfriend and girlfriend' app founder Felix Henderson, 32, following split from 'soulmate' Lee Andrews
Product Daily Mail

4 November 2026
→Apple Requires 18+ Rating for AI Companion and Dating Apps in App Store Policy Update
Product AI Insider

3 November 2026
→The danger of replacing human connection with AI companions
News FāVS News

3 November 2026
→polybuzz ai free AI adult content creation platforms with privacy controls
News Kütahya İl Millî Eğitim Müdürlüğü

3 November 2026
→Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up
News TechCrunch

3 November 2026
→How New York’s proposed law restricts AI chatbot interaction with children
Regulation The Indian Express

2 November 2026
→AI Girlfriend Video Chat: Why Companion Apps Are Moving From Text to Face-to-Face
News GigWise

30 October 2026
→DOJ raises privacy concerns over potential sale of Character.AI chats
Funding & M&A The Record from Recorded Future News

30 October 2026
→Character.AI moves ahead with asset sale over states' objections
News Reuters

29 October 2026
→AI girlfriend searches top in Australia, study finds
Research IT Brief Australia

29 October 2026
→New York bans minors from using AI companion chatbots
Regulation Türkiye Today

29 October 2026
→From NYSUT: ‘Another Win For Kids’ - AI Chatbot Protections Signed Into Law
Regulation WNY Labor Today

29 October 2026
→Hochul Signs Chatbot Safety Law That Reaches ChatGPT and Claude, Not Just Companion Apps
Regulation Tech Times

28 October 2026
→What Is an AI Girlfriend? Inside the Strange Rise of Digital Companions
News Technology Org

28 October 2026
→New York Enacts Prohibition on Unsafe AI Companion Features for Minors, S9051-B
Regulation www.akingump.com

28 October 2026
→New York enacts ban on ‘unsafe’ chatbot behavior with kids as states push AI regulation boundaries
Regulation myMotherLode.com

28 October 2026
→New York's governor signs youth AI chatbot safety bill
Regulation IAPP

28 October 2026
→Another win for kids: AI chatbot protections signed into law
Regulation NYSUT.org

28 October 2026
→Bills on explicit AI chatbot features and baby monitor safety signed into NY State law
Regulation WHEC.com

28 October 2026
→Hochul signs bill regulating AI chatbot ‘friends’ that endanger children
Regulation New York Daily News

28 October 2026
→New AI Girlfriend Platform Lets Men Build Their Ideal ‘Perfect Woman’ for $99 a Month
Product www.techtimes.co.uk

27 October 2026
→California moves to add safeguards for kids using AI companion chatbots
News KBAK

27 October 2026
→This New ‘AI Girlfriend’ Platform Lets Men Design Women Who Do Exactly What They Want
Product VICE

26 October 2026
→best adult ai chatbots with consent and age verification
Regulation 小豆島町

26 October 2026
→best 3d ai companion with consent and age verification
Regulation 小豆島町

26 October 2026
→UnitedHealthcare expands AI companion Avery to 21M members
News Fierce Healthcare

25 October 2026
→candy.ai free alternative guide and alternatives
News 小豆島町

24 October 2026
→best apps like crushon ai with consent and age verification
Regulation 小豆島町
23 October 2026
→I started dating an AI girlfriend - and things got weird fast
News Stuff
23 October 2026
→WATCH: Finn's experience dating an AI girlfriend (for research purposes)
Research Stuff

21 October 2026
→Tolan raises $30M for an AI companion that now does chores, not just chats
Funding & M&A Dealroom

21 October 2026
→An AI chatbot files for bankruptcy. Is it a bad omen for the industry?
Regulation NPR

20 October 2026
→AI Companion Tolan Raises $30M as Revenue and User Engagement Grow
Funding & M&A Global Dating Insights
19 October 2026
→Axonius launches AI Workforce virtual workers as AI Companion and MCP Server go live
Product SiliconANGLE

19 October 2026
→Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate life
News TechCrunch

19 October 2026
→Figurobot Launches FR-NIA: A 11-inch Bionic AI Companion Robot Bringing Intelligent Interaction into Everyday Life
Product Yahoo Finance

19 October 2026
→Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits Card
Regulation WIRED

19 October 2026
→Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago
News TechCrunch

19 October 2026
→What Disney Gains From Bidding $20 Million On Character.ai
News Forbes

19 October 2026
→Tolan raises $30 million for an AI companion built on trust
Funding & M&A news.lavx.hu

18 October 2026
→I made my “perfect girlfriend” on a new AI relationship simulator. She didn’t want me to leave
Product British GQ

16 October 2026
→The problem with AI companions is that they never say no
News University of Auckland

16 October 2026
→Disney is paying $60 million to hire 66 Character.AI staffers
News Business Insider

15 October 2026
→From AI dependency to human connection: Rethinking AI companionship
News ASU News

15 October 2026
→Attorney General Jones Puts Character.AI on Notice with Bankruptcy Court Filing
Regulation Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
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