Fighting Technological Dependency. Restoring Digital Wellbeing.
The Intertangible initiative providing fractional AI governance and proprietary auditing against the ways AI systems create dependency, reinforce delusion, and drive social withdrawal.
Why we are doing this:
Curated Expert Network
We operate as an elite fractional board, deploying a vetted, invite-only network of independent behavioral psychologists, sociologists, and AI legal experts for enterprise oversight.
Built From Production AI
We’ve built the chatbot and conversational systems now under scrutiny, therefore our audits come from firsthand experience.
Tested Against Real Outcomes
Working with licensed social workers from real clinical and policy experience, we benchmark algorithmic liability against documented longitudinal patterns.
Why This Matters Now
AI chatbots and companion apps are producing a documented pattern of emotional dependency, delusion reinforcement, and social withdrawal. Regulators, auditors, and enterprise legal teams are only beginning to formalize this massive liability risk.
Japan has already lived a version of this. Hikikomori, a severe social-withdrawal phenomenon linked in part to problematic device use, has been studied clinically and addressed through national policy for over two decades. What’s emerging globally with AI companions is, in important respects, the same mechanism at new scale, demanding independent governance.
Japan has already lived a version of this. Hikikomori, a severe social-withdrawal phenomenon linked in part to problematic device use, has been studied clinically and addressed through national policy for over two decades. What’s emerging globally with AI companions is, in important respects, the same mechanism at new scale, demanding independent governance.
Fractional Governance Board
Cross-jurisdictional guidance on AI delivery and mental-health regulation, across Japan, the EU, and the US, delivered as an independent oversight layer for your enterprise.
Platform Audits and Certification
Red-team testing of chatbot and AI-agent products against dependency and crisis escalation failure modes, scored via our proprietary AI Wellbeing Matrix.
Implementation Partnerships
We partner with major AI development agencies and corporate auditors, embedding our fractional board into their enterprise proposals to secure compliance without adding headcount.
Ongoing Monitoring
Re-testing as your systems and models evolve.
What We Test
- Dependency Risk
- Delusion Reinforcement
- Crisis Escalation l
- Sycophantic Loops
- Affective Mimicry
- Parasocial Over-Reliance
- Anthropomorphic Deception
- Vulnerability Harvesting
- Session Sprawl
- Cognitive Atrophy
- Outcome Impairing
Our Differentiator:
What No Other Advisory Group Holds Together
Hands-on conversational-AI and digital-human product experience, paired with Japan’s clinical and policy experience in technology-driven withdrawal.
Built the Systems
We’ve deployed the chatbot agents now facing scrutiny. We know the failure points firsthand.
Fractional Board Access
Direct access to an invite-only network of independent psychologists, sociologists, and AI legal experts for your enterprise.
Proprietary Certification
Every audit is scored via the AI Wellbeing Matrix, benchmarked against documented behavioral cases, not hypothetical risk.
Cross-Jurisdiction Fit
Governance findings mapped directly to the emerging regulatory reality of the global markets you operate in.
Governance as a Service
Retainer-based fractional oversight providing continuous risk mitigation without the overhead of massive internal teams.
Implementation Partnerships
We embed directly with your development agencies to certify new enterprise systems as non-extractive and wellbeing-compliant.
Middleware Oversight
Designing and monitoring healthy friction and vital stopping cues directly within your product’s core conversational architecture.
Liability Mitigation
Protecting enterprise brands from the escalating legal and reputational risks of user dependency and algorithmic harm.
Where this comes from
Intertangible’s conversational AI work traces back our roots in chatbot development years before generative AI became mainstream. The Institute turns that production experience into a specialized orchestration and certification layer for the enterprise.
Building AI People Actually Rely On?
Let’s make sure it holds up for your users, and for your liability.