ChatGPT: Your New Best Friend or Loneliness Booster?

A person sitting alone in a dimly lit room, chatting with an AI interface on a laptop screen

Chatting too much with ChatGPT might make you lonelier, says OpenAI and MIT. Voice mode? Less so. Emotional deep-divers, beware. 😉

Two studies—one by OpenAI, another by MIT—suggest that heavy ChatGPT users might feel lonelier, especially if they’re the type to get emotionally attached. Voice chats in a neutral tone? Not as bad. But hey, it’s mostly a niche issue… for now.

Limitations? Sure. No control groups, short study periods. But the takeaway’s clear: AI convos affect our feels. As AI becomes our new BFF, maybe we should think about the emotional baggage.

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