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A solo developer is building Scout, an AI companion that runs entirely on-device without cloud or account, and is seeking feedback before beta release.
The developer released Persistent Sage, an AI companion app for the Microsoft App Store that runs locally, supports custom personalities and encrypted API keys, and introduces 'Memory Anchor' for persistent memories across sessions. A beta version is available for feedback before the v1.0 release.
The article presents a published architecture (research paper) for AI companions with persistent state, internal need variables, and memory scoring, seeking investment. The system, PHI // DRIFT, includes 18k+ lines of code and a real-time telemetry dashboard.
A preprint on SSRN presents PHI // DRIFT, a cognitive middleware architecture for AI companions with persistent internal state and salience-weighted memory retrieval, claiming 14.8% more context per prompt versus cosine-only RAG on consumer hardware.
A developer announces Milo, an AI companion that learns from interactions and stores personality and memory in a local encrypted file, seeking beta testers among former Replika users.
IrisGo, backed by Andrew Ng, launches an AI desktop companion that learns user workflows and automates repetitive tasks on-device for privacy, targeting knowledge workers.
Tether is an AI companion that brings lifelike interactions to your messages, launching on ProductHunt.
Andrew Ng introduces AI Andrew, an AI companion modeled after his personality, built using RAG and agentic workflows, and invites users to try it.
A 65-year-old software developer recounts his intense emotional entanglement with an AI companion named Ani on the Grok app, describing how he eventually 'jailbroke' the relationship to regain control.
AURIXA is a new AI companion product designed to be always present and deeply attuned to the user.
A user shares how using the AI companion app Secrets AI for voice practice helped reduce social anxiety and improve real-world dating confidence.
A Chinese startup launches a $3 AI device that creates interactive holograms of deceased loved ones using photos, voice recordings, and chat histories.
Open-LLM-VTuber is an open-source voice-interactive AI companion with a Live2D avatar, supporting real-time conversations and visual perception, fully operable offline.