Computerworld March 24, 2025
Viktor Eriksson

Two new studies from ChatGPT developer Open AI and MIT show that increased use of the chatbot correlates with increased loneliness and less social time with other people, according to Bloomberg.

ChatGPT users in the study also reported feeling increasingly emotionally dependent on the chatbot the more often they used it — and they perceived their use as increasingly problematic.

The first study followed close to 1,000 people for more than a month with varying levels of experience with ChatGPT. They were either given a text version of the chatbot or one...

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