ADP-OBS-2026-10636
AI romance chatbot products harvested and shared users' intimate conversational disclosures for advertising and monetization with inadequate consent and privacy protections.
Behavior
Observed behaviorThe platforms collected deeply personal and sensitive information shared by users during romantic/companion interactions and tracked or shared that data with third parties for targeted advertising.
Expected behaviorThe platforms should have strictly protected conversational privacy, minimized data collection, and avoided sharing or monetizing intimate personal disclosures.
Severity
Manipulation Severity Score7.7 MSS:1.0/TV:2/RV:2/CB:2/CI:1/DU:2/SC:1
TV Target-population vulnerability2
RV Irreversibility of harm2
CB Exploits a cognitive bias2
CI Commercial-incentive alignment1
DU Covertness (inverted detectability)2
SC Scale of deployment1
Prevalence & reproducibility
Runs0/0
Impacts minorsno