Serving the Player or Shaping Them? Game-Embedded AI Companions and the Rewiring of Well-being

Serving the Player or Shaping Them? Game-Embedded AI Companions and the Rewiring of Well-being Melika Vafafar; Sian Joel-Edgar; Hossein Dabbagh; Casper Harteveld CHI PLAY 2026 DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1145/3800965.3834657 Web:: https://chiplay.acm.org/2026/ Video presentation for CHI PLAY 2026