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Joint studies from OpenAI and MIT found links between loneliness and ChatGPT use

Studies from MIT Media Lab and OpenAI found connections between the amount a user talks to ChatGPT and how lonely they feel.

New studies from OpenAI and MIT Media Lab found that, generally, the more time users spend talking to ChatGPT, the lonelier they feel. MIT's study identified several ways talking to ChatGPT — whether through text or voice — can affect a person's emotional experience, beyond the general finding that higher use led to "heightened loneliness and reduced socialization." "Emotionally expressive interactions were present in a large percentage of usage for only a small group of the heavy Advanced Voice Mode users we studied," OpenAI writes.

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