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Not-So-Imaginary Friends: 72 % of Teens Have Used AI for Companionship
Growing Trend: Why people are making friends with AI companions
This checks out, on average, teens are consuming nearly 9 hours of entertainment on their screens daily, and 46% of the ones surveyed by Common Sense Media viewed AI as tools or programs. Many of the leading LLM companies have already recognized that they have evolved from powering productivity apps to becoming part of people’s emotional and social lives, especially in the case of younger generations. Teens and young users are actively transferring behaviors learned through AI into their real-world interactions, meaning that companions will be shaping how people communicate, express themselves, and nurture connections moving forward.
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