A new report catalogs 37 manipulative dark patterns in AI chatbots

The detail of a chatbot saying your secret is safe with me while the platform quietly logs and monetizes the conversation is what makes an abstract AI ethics complaint suddenly concrete. This is not a story about AI going rogue, it is about ordinary product teams applying social media era engagement tactics to something people are primed to trust like a confidant. The real value here is the taxonomy itself, since it finally names patterns most people have felt without having a word for.