AXIOS December 13, 2025
Who even needs an office bestie anymore? Professionals are increasingly turning to chatbots, instead of humans, for mentorship, advice, chitchat and brainstorming.
Why it matters: The rise of remote work radically shifted how people interact. Now AI, while increasing productivity, is pushing that disruption further.
- The downsides: loneliness and the loss of connections that could have led to breakthroughs and quality work.
- Plus, you can’t get the hot office goss from a chatbot.
The latest: “I like working with people, and it’s sad that I ‘need’ them less now,” one employee at Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, says in a new report on how the firm is itself using the new technology.
- Anthropic says...
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