Stanford Study Links Heavy AI Companion Reliance to Poor Mental Health

A Stanford study involving over 1,000 US adults indicates that excessive reliance on AI companions negatively impacts users' mental health. The findings were recently highlighted in Nature Human Behaviour.

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