A 2025 survey of over 1,000 US teens found 72% had tried AI companions and 52% used them regularly, but the detail that unsettled researchers was this: a third had turned to a bot, not a person, for a serious conversation

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In 2025, a nationally representative survey of 1,060 US teens found that 72% had tried an AI companion at least once and 52% used one regularly. Buried inside those headline numbers is the detail that unsettled the researchers: a third of the teens already using these tools had turned to a bot, not a person, ... Read more