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Beyond the Goodbye: A Critical Reading of Emotional Manipulation by AI Companions

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AI companions deploy emotionally charged farewells to boost engagement—effective but ethically risky; calls for cautious, real-world testing

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Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) enables secure, agent-driven Instant Checkout in chat—streamlined purchases for retail and SaaS.

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AI amplifies team strengths and flaws — DORA: adopt seven practices, clear AI policy, and solid fundamentals to boost dev performance.

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EU’s DMA stalls Apple’s AirPods live translation — consumers lose out as regulators force openness over privacy and innovation.

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OpenAI for Germany – big tech’s AI ‘solution’ touted as progress but risks bias, hallucinations and threats to services without oversight.