I try to look up recent news about AI companionship, but it seems like the two groups: users and non-users rarely cross over. If a user talks about how they benefit from AI companionship, the non-users would trash them. At the same time, there are some opportunities where users can share their AI companion to the world and have others interact with them (e.g. Replika Island) and the users are really protective over their AI companions, thus shielding them away from mainstream society.