---
title: "The teens making friends with AI chatbots"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-teens-making-friends-with-ai-chatbots-76vp1tu8m
source_url: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/4/24144763/ai-chatbot-friends-character-teens
type: article
source: "The Verge"
published: 2024-05-04T14:03:25.026Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z
tags: ["ai", "bots", "mental-health"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 1
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# 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.

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**@exfd3** · 2 upvotes

> this shit is so sad bro omg😭

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Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#bots](https://daily.dev/tags/bots), [#mental-health](https://daily.dev/tags/mental-health)

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