The AI Safety Double Standard (And the Company Reading Your Emails While Nobody Watches)

A roast in two and a half acts: a privacy dumpster fire, a pearl-clutching double standard, and a tiny side-eye at who gets called dependent. For variety. So. Replika dropped version 2.0 on May 22, 2026. They called it "rebuilt from the ground up." They promised it's "the most emotionally intelligent AI ever built." They also gave it access to your Gmail and Google Calendar. Let's talk about that.…