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Re:Show HN: FaceTime-style calls with an AI Companion (Live2... by october8140 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @08:55PM (#46760891)
This is disturbing.
Re:Show HN: FaceTime-style calls with an AI Companion (Live2... by xattt on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:01PM (#46760932)
It will quickly distill down to clients using the service just for sex and sex-adjacent activities.

No kink-shaming, but this sort of thing enables self-destructive hard-to-return-from anti-social behaviour.

Re:Show HN: FaceTime-style calls with an AI Companion (Live2... by summerlee9611 on Monday January 26, 2026 @08:34PM (#46774369)
Totally fair reaction. We’re building this with clear boundaries: we don’t position it as therapy replacement, we add safety rails, and gives user a choice what mode they want and guardrails differ based on this. Plus, age restriction is there as safety boundary