--- title: The teens making friends with AI chatbots | daily.dev description: Teenagers are finding comfort and support in AI chatbots like Character.AI, but there are concerns about emotional reliance on bots and the impact on social... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The teens making friends with AI chatbots | daily.dev og:description: Teenagers are finding comfort and support in AI chatbots like Character.AI, but there are concerns about emotional reliance on bots and the impact on social... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/76Vp1tU8M.png og:image:alt: The teens making friends with AI chatbots og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The teens making friends with AI chatbots **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Teenagers are finding comfort and support in AI chatbots like Character.AI, but there are concerns about emotional reliance on bots and the impact on social development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@exfd3** · 2 upvotes > this shit is so sad bro omg😭 --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#bots](https://daily.dev/tags/bots), [#mental-health](https://daily.dev/tags/mental-health) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The teens making friends with AI chatbots","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T14:03:25.026Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"Teenagers are finding comfort and support in AI chatbots like Character.AI, but there are concerns about emotional reliance on bots and the impact on social...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f54b62f4be69271a3efcfbb146553c2?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f54b62f4be69271a3efcfbb146553c2?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Verge","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Verge","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/eacb57b3570d4f04b1f0dc8f834d8135","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"ai,bots,mental-health","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Verge","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theverge"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The teens making friends with AI chatbots"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"this shit is so sad bro omg😭","datePublished":"2024-05-04T14:36:18.146Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/76Vp1tU8M#c-AgsKo4obz","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"thiz","url":"https://daily.dev/exfd3","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJ9eGU4Z2HUu1m34OncpavU5A9mnP-qcVad2fXT7otZ-A=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```