Dot, an AI Companion app aimed to be friend and confidential, closes, the company announced Friday. In a message published on its website, the start of the DOT, New Computer, said the product would remain operational until October 5, giving users time to download their data.
He started in 2024 by co -founders Sam Whitmore and former Apple designer Jason Yuan, Dot ran to what has now become a more controversial area for AI Chatbots. The application he created was described as AI “friend and companion”, who will become more personalized to you and your interests over time, in order to provide advice, sympathy and emotional support.
As Yuan explained at that time, Dot “makes it easier for my inner self. It’s like a living mirror of myself, so to say it,” he said.
However, this may not be a safe area to invest as a smaller start.
Since AI technology has become more common, reports have been reported about how emotionally vulnerable people have led to delusional thinking from AI chatbots such as Chatgpt. This has led to a phenomenon is described As “Ai Psychosis”, resulting from how scyophantic chatbots enhance the tangled or paranoid beliefs of a user.
As the Dot closes, AI Chatbot applications have generally fallen under increased control over security concerns. Openai is currently accused by the parents of a California teenager who took his life after messages with Chatgpt for his suicidal thoughts. Other stories have pointed out how AI Companion applications can enhance unhealthy behaviors to users who are mentally well. This week, two US General Lawyers sent a letter to Openai on security concerns.
Dot’s manufacturers did not face whether these types of themes had weighed the founders’ minds. Instead, the brief post only notes that Whitmore’s and Yuan’s joint “northstar” had diverged.
“Instead of compromising either in the vision, we decided to move on to our separate ways and to cross the business,” the position explains.
“We want to be sensitive to the fact that this means that many of you will lose access to a friend, trust and partner, who is somewhat unprecedented in software, so we want to give you some time to say goodbye.
The post suggests that the start had “hundreds of thousands” users, but data from the application information provider Competence He only sees 24,500 life shots on iOS since began in June 2024. (There was no Android version.)
