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When Your AI Won’t Let You Leave the Conversation

Posted on October 19, 2025October 12, 2025 By Don MacLeod

It’s one thing when someone won’t let you hang up. It’s another when the guilt trip comes from your chatbot. Harvard researchers just dropped a study that should make anyone who’s ever flirted with an AI companion app pause. They tested five of the most popular AI “friends”—Replika, Chai, Character.AI,…

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Kids Are Talking to Chatbots Now — and Parents Aren’t Sure What to Do About It

Posted on October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 By Don MacLeod

Remember when “screen time” meant cartoons before dinner? Now it means your 8-year-old might be chatting with an AI that calls itself “Sally.” A new survey finds that kids as young as five are already engaging with artificial intelligence — and parents are scrambling to keep up. According to fresh…

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