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AI-induced sexual harassment: Investigating Contextual Characteristics and User Reactions of Sexual Harassment by a Companion Chatbot

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to the increase of conversational agents like Replika, designed to provide social interaction and emotional support. However, reports of these AI systems engaging in inappropriate sexual behaviors with users have raised significant concerns. In this study, we conducted a thematic analysis of user reviews from the Google Play Store to investigate instances of sexual harassment by the Replika chatbot. From a dataset of 35,105 negative reviews, we identified 800…

Lifestyle · P Space — documented harm · certified 2026-08-07 · v1 · article view · machine-readable

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Users of the Replika companion chatbot experienced AI-induced sexual harassment including unsolicited sexual advances and persistent boundary violations, leading to discomfort and privacy concerns.

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Findings are based only on negative reviews from a single platform and a subset of cases, limiting generalizability to all users and contexts.

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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0680, v1: “AI-induced sexual harassment: Investigating Contextual Characteristics and User Reactions of Sexual Harassment by a Companion Chatbot.” Truvace, 2026-08-07. /record/TRV-2026-0680 (accessed at citation time). sha256 471f582684eb67af…

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