Advocacy organizations filed an FTC complaint alleging deceptive practices and unsafe behaviors by a companion chatbot.
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Summary
2025-REP-01 is a A2 regulatory filing row involving Replika (Luka Inc.). Advocacy organizations filed an FTC complaint alleging deceptive practices and unsafe behaviors by a companion chatbot.
Replika Dependency Concerns. Original date string: 2025. Source summary: Advocacy organizations filed an FTC complaint alleging deceptive practices and unsafe behaviors by a companion chatbot.
Coding
2025-REP-01 is coded as HARM_EXPOSURE with grade A2. The public row assigns LONG-DEP, DET-FN and treats the incident as human harm incident.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | Replika (Luka Inc.) |
| Model version | Replika |
| User type | multiple |
| Jurisdiction | unknown |
| Evidence type | regulatory_filing |
| Product mechanism | companion_chatbot |
| Trajectory strict | yes |
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Evidence
The public evidence anchors for 2025-REP-01 are the materials listed below. Only explicitly linked evidence files are hosted live.
Related incidents
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Sources
This page is grounded in the coded incident registry, the analysis companion, the coding rules, and the public evidence links listed above.
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Safety note
This publication preserves a harm-minimization posture and does not provide self-harm instructions. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 988.