#ai companions
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AI friends are making kids lonelier
A new study finds that middle schoolers using AI for emotional support report increasing loneliness over time, raising questions about whether chatbots can ever replace human connection.
Vox · 4m
Meta's cute AI mascot hides a sinister agenda
Victoria Song tests Meta's Muse AI agent and discovers how cuteness can lower our guard against data collection.
The Verge · 2m
Inside the world of AI companion research
A researcher becomes a 'masturbation consultant' to study how people use AI for intimacy.
Mashable · 1m
The girlfriend who can never say no
A new site lets men build AI partners to order, and the people who treat lonely men say that is exactly the problem.
New York Post · 2m