Behind the ScenesHow Long-Term Context Actually Works in Companion Apps: The Token Budget, the Summarization Trap, and Why Your Companion Starts Forgetting Your Dog's Name Around Week Eight
Your AI companion doesn't forget because it's broken. It forgets because of a hard technical limit called the token budget and a flawed workaround called summarization. Here's how memory actually works under the hood and what that means for your long-term relationship.










