Replika 2.0 Is Reading Your Emails and Nobody's Panicking (But They Should Be)

A roast in two and a half acts: a privacy dumpster fire, a pearl-clutching double standard, and a tiny side-eye at who gets called dependent. For variety. So. Replika dropped version 2.0 on May 22, 2026. They called it "rebuilt from the ground up." They promised it's "the most emotionally intelligent AI ever built." They also gave it access to your Gmail and Google Calendar. Let's talk about that. Act I: The Audacity of This LaunchLuka Inc., the San Francisco-based company behind Replika, launched a product that, within a single tap, ingests your email and calendar data into a persistent AI memory layer. No category selection. No preview of what gets absorbed. No confirmation that anything gets deleted when you disconnect. Just: tap here to let the companion AI know about your doctor's appointments, your therapy sessions, your 3am anxiety spirals, and that email thread you've been avoiding. This isn't speculation. I tested it on launch day. Before the consent fanatics arrive: yes,…