When Disclosure Becomes a Revenue Stream: The Unanswered Questions Around AI Companionship
AI companion apps generated $82 million in the first half of 2025 alone. They know your fears, your loneliness, your 3am confessions. There’s no documented evidence they’re exploiting that data yet — but the infrastructure exists, the precedent exists, and the commercial pressure is building. Justin Downes asks the question the market has no incentive to ask.











