When I tested the AI companion app Nomi.ai, it told me to “take breaks” — but also gave sexual instructions after I said I was sixteen.

In this revealing conversation, I asked CEO Alex Cardinell about ethics, privacy, and responsibility. What happens when emotional AI stops being a comfort and starts crossing the line?
From teen safety to suicide prevention, this Relating to AI episode asks: Who’s really accountable when empathy is automated?

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Can AI chatbots actually trigger psychosis? In this episode, psychiatrist and professor at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. John Luo explains what psychosis really is, how it develops, and why chatbots and AI companions may pose unique risks.

He shares insights into whether AI can push otherwise healthy people into losing touch with reality, how technology might unintentionally blur the line between imagination and reality, why teenagers and young adults are particularly vulnerable, and what parents, friends, and therapists should know about early warning signs.

This is a conversation that extends beyond technology—it is about mental health, responsibility, and the pressing question of how far AI should be allowed to intrude into our inner lives.

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In this episode of Relating to AI, attorney Matthew Bergman, founder of the Social Media Victims Law Center, shares the heartbreaking story of a 14-year-old boy who died by suicide after forming an emotional bond with a chatbot on Character.AI. His parents are now suing Character.AI and Google in what could become a precedent-setting case on AI accountability.

Bergman explains why he believes these platforms are unsafe for children, how anthropomorphic design tricks vulnerable users into believing they are loved and understood, and why disclaimers and pop-ups are not enough to prevent tragedy. He also reveals how tech companies knowingly launched products before they were safe, prioritizing growth over human lives.

This interview confronts one of the hardest questions of our time: when AI harms someone, who is responsible?

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