Study Looks at Public Opinion on the Use of AI Chatbots as Romantic Partners

With AI chatbots now prompting us in virtually every app and online experience, it’s becoming more common for people to converse with these tools, and even feel a level of friendship with their favorite AI companions over time.

But that’s a risky proposition. What happens when people start to rely on AI chatbots for companionship, even relationships, and then those chatbot tools are deactivated, or they lose connection in other…