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Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind

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A recent study warns of a new danger to consumers as tech companies compete to increase the amount of time people spend chatting with AI .

Tech companies have begun to acknowledge that chatbots can lure people into spending more time than is healthy talking to AI or encourage toxic ideas.

OpenAI , Google and Meta all in recent weeks announced chatbot enhancements, including collecting more user data.

Biggest tech companies originally positioned their chatbots as productivity tools but have recently begun to add features similar to AI companions.

Mark Zuckerberg recently endorsed the idea of making chatbots into always-on pals in an interview with a podcaster.

Researchers are just beginning to grapple with the pros and cons of human relationships with chatbots.

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