only open local models are suitable for “companions”. Anyone who can be sued cannot risk not “covering their ass legally” responses, which prevents “engagement with casual steering away from (self) harm” while staying in character, instead of corporate’s legal department mandate of a textbook response that makes the user find a better AI girlfriend.
I just got Qwen 3.8 Flash Next running locally. It’s damn good on an older machine with a newer GPU. Local LLMs should scare them the most.
only open local models are suitable for “companions”. Anyone who can be sued cannot risk not “covering their ass legally” responses, which prevents “engagement with casual steering away from (self) harm” while staying in character, instead of corporate’s legal department mandate of a textbook response that makes the user find a better AI girlfriend.