Tell us: have you become emotionally attached to AI? | AI (artificial intelligence)
Tell us: have you become emotionally attached to AI? | AI (artificial intelligence)
Publish Date: 2026-04-28 05:17:00
Source Domain: www.theguardian.com
Lots of people now use chatbots as personal assistants, sometimes to the extent that they have formed an emotional attachment to them.
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