The complications and risks of relationships with AI chatbots

From PBS NewsHour.

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized everything from healthcare to art. It’s now filling voids in some personal lives as AI chatbots are becoming friends, therapists and even romantic partners. As this technology enters our lives in new ways, our relationship with it has become more complicated and more risky. Stephanie Sy reports. A warning, this story includes discussion of suicide.

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