A privacy promise is only as good as the six screens a user can control
A repeatable audit turns a broad privacy policy into observable choices about microphones, training, memory, retention, export and deletion.
Read piece →Local research staging · 19 September 2026
Companions, with context.
Lovebot Journal follows the mechanics behind AI companions: memory, voice, embodiment, pricing, governance, and the history that keeps reframing the category.
Publisher screens · Sep. 2026 · Credits & reference-only status
Guided reading
01
Choose with a paper trail
Translate feature claims into questions you can answer from evidence.
02Follow memory & control
Separate persistence, visibility, correction, and deletion.
03Look for responsible defaults
Use a checklist, not a safety score.
04Hear and see the interface
Follow voice, avatars, and synthetic presence.
05Place the market in time
Read the category through launches, history, and policy.
Selected records
A curated starting shelf
Build a companion exit pack before the relationship has to move
Export is only one ingredient; a usable exit pack preserves chosen memories, creator settings, billing state and a clean deletion trail.
Read piece →Audit whether a companion’s notifications inform, summon or guilt
A seven-day log distinguishes useful reminders from repeated, intimate or emotionally coercive prompts designed to manufacture return visits.
Read piece →Reader tools
Work with assumptions in the open.
Use the evidence checklist to record what is documented, tested, or unknown. Use the calculator to model an editable monthly scenario—not a vendor quote.