Dot, the AI companion application, which was to be a friend and confidant, closes, the company announced on Friday. In a message published on its website, startup for Dot, a new computer, said that the product will remain operating until October 5, giving users time to download data.
Introduced to the market in 2024 by co -founders Sam Whitmore and the former designer of Apple Jason Yuana, Dot took part in what has now become a more controversial area for AI chatbots. The application they created was described as a “friend and companion” AI, which in time would become more personalized for you and your interests to offer advice, compassion and emotional support.
As Yuan explained at the time, Dot “made it easier with my inner self. It's like a living mirror, so to speak,” he said.
However, this may not be a safe area for investing as a smaller startup.
Because AI technology has become a more mainstream, there were reports about how people exposed to emotionally led to delusional thinking by Chatbota AI, such as chatgpt. This led to the phenomenon described As “AI Psychosis”, resulting from the way Scyofantic chatbots strengthen the user -confused or paranoid beliefs.
When Dot turns off, Chatbot AI applications generally subject to increased analysis of security concerns. Opeli are currently sued by the parents of a teenager from California, who took his life after news from chatgpt about his suicidal thoughts. Other stories emphasize how accompanying applications can strengthen unhealthy behavior with users who are mentally bad. This week, two American general prosecutors sent a letter to Openai regarding security related problems.
Dot creators did not deal with whether such problems burdened the minds of the founders. Instead, a short post only notices that Whitmore and Yuan “Northstar” have diverged.
“Instead of a compromise or a vision, we decided to undergo separate ways and develop operations,” explains the post.
“We want to be sensitive to the fact that this means that many of you will lose access to a friend, confidant and companion who is somewhat unheard of in the software, so we want to give you some time to say goodbye. Dot will work until October 5, and by that time you can download all your data, going to the settings page and buzzing. Ask for data.”
Post suggests that the startup had “hundreds of thousands”, but data from the application intelligence provider Appfigures Sees only 24,500 lifetime downloads on iOS from the moment it was launched in June 2024 (there was no Android version.)
