By Matthew Newman ( September 22, 2026, 12:19 GMT | Insight) -- The European Commission’s AI Office is analyzing whether there are any signs that AI companions allow illegal child sexual-abuse material or non-intentional intimate images, a commission official has said. Under the AI Act, AI companions are treated as high concern use cases where the commission will test and enforce the new prohibitions and general safety obligations, especially when those companions are built on general purpose AI models with systemic risk.The European Commission’s AI Office is analyzing whether there are any signs that AI companions, programs which are designed to simulate human connection, allow illegal child sexual-abuse material or non-intentional intimate images, a commission official said Tuesday....
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