A study by MIT Media Lab finds that heavy use of chatbots travels with loneliness, emotional dependence, and other negative social impacts. Overall, higher daily usage–across all modalities and conversation types–correlated with higher loneliness, dependence, and problematic use, and lower socialization. Exploratory analyses revealed that those with stronger emotional attachment tendencies and higher trust in the AI chatbot tended to experience greater loneliness and emotional dependence,...
