The Dark Side of AI Companionship: A Cautionary Study
A Nature Human Behaviour study of 1,131 Character.AI users who donated chat logs finds that companionship-motivated use correlates with worse well-being, with heavier use and deeper self-disclosure predicting poorer outcomes, especially…
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Full archive →A Nature Human Behaviour study of 1,131 Character.AI users who donated chat logs finds that companionship-motivated use correlates with worse well-being, with…
Amanda Bowler, a 48-year-old Australian psychology graduate with about A$44,000 in debt, submitted 50 applications over six months and received zero…
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Ninety-eight teenagers convened in a mock Senate in Boston to draft the nonbinding STUDENTS FIRST Act on AI in schools, a nine-page proposal the American…
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