Research

The 73% Blind Spot: How OpenAI’s economic usage paper disappears companionship

OpenAI’s new usage study treats “companionship” like a fringe behavior (~2%), but their own numbers and methods point to something bigger: the majority of ChatGPT use lives in the personal and relational lane—they just don’t name it.

AI Companions as Mirrors — Why We Built This (and why now)

We’ve written our Foundations Review — a short research paper on what this is, how to build it safely, and the form factor (user-owned, local-first) that keeps power with the person, not the platform.