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The Rise of AI Companions: 27% of U.S. adults turn to AI for personal, emotional, social queries
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1398398/the-rise-of-ai-companions-27-of-u-s-adults-turn-to-ai-for-personal-emotional-social-quer
www.elon.edu/u/news/2026/09/02/imagining-the-digital-future-center-reports-on-the-rise-of-ai-companions/
Replying to @beep@piefed.world
39% said they occasionally tell AI things that they would not tell other people.
I would be a lot less concerned about this were it not for the sneaking suspicion that (a) most users probably are using cloud-based LLMs rather than local and (b) have no idea what the rules on data privacy regarding their conversations on said service are.