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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide - Ars Technica
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I don't much like that take. Ars commits excellent journalism.
From the story:
I don't think they contacted the researchers and the linked study does not seem to give the answer (I spent a few minutes looking).
I generally don't go about doing research for free.
Ars offers free articles while most publications have a paywall, so I imagine funding isn't as generous as it would have been 30 years ago when such publications would have been in magazine format.
Ars is actually my only paid subscription. Didn't need to, but wanted to support their journalism.
I mistakenly thought you were the actual journalist. But I should always presume the journalist will see my comments and therefore not be so harsh, especially when freeloading.
FWIW I subscribe to an (Australian) online newspaper which is free just like you do. The difference being that I rarely read it since I am on top of those topics largely. Am just glad that it exists for others because it is well researched and presented.
I removed the insult.
Thank you.