Long-Term Simulation Exposes Cognitive-Developmental Risks in AI Companions

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arXiv cs.AI · Kaicheng Shen, Lingyu Li, Wen Wu, Yan Teng, Liang He, Yingchun Wang · 2026-06-25 AI

[Submitted on 24 Jun 2026]

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Abstract:AI companions powered by large language models increasingly interact with cognition-developing users, including children and adolescents, creating risks that may accumulate over time. Existing safety evaluations largely rely on single-turn or short-session tests, which cannot capture risks that emerge only through prolonged interaction. To address this gap, we propose TSJ (Theater-Stage-Judge), a longitudinal framework combining persona-driven user simulation, dynamic psychological-state updating and retrospective evaluation. We evaluate six mainstream models across four developmental stages, twenty-four risk dimensions and three psychological-vulnerability personas, covering 12,960 simulated person-day interactions. TSJ shows that short-horizon testing systematically underestimates developmental risks, for which TSJ yields a stable risk estimate only after 140 turns within prolonged simulated relationships. Applying TSJ further identifies early childhood and emerging adulthood as the most vulnerable stages, with cognitive trust and emotional dependency as the weakest domains. TSJ provides a scalable methodology for longitudinal cognitive developmental risk evaluation in AI companion systems.

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From: Kaicheng Shen [view email]
[v1] Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:46:42 UTC (6,662 KB)

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