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If using an AI chatbot makes you feel smart, we have some bad news. The study involved over 3,000 participants across three separate experiments, but with the same general gist. In each, the ...

Connecticut lawmakers will be pushing to regulate the online activity of minors and better protect the data privacy of residents, Attorney General William Tong and state Sen. James Maroney, D-Milford, ...

Almost a third of children who use AI chatbots say they would describe the technology as like one of their friends, a survey suggests. AI chatbots are becoming part of daily life for young people, ...

Almost a third of UK kids who use AI chatbots see them as 'friends', a shocking study has revealed. Research from tech communication firm Vodafone says 81% of children aged 11–16 say they use AI ...

AI chatbots are becoming part of daily life for young people, with 81% of children aged between 11 and 16 saying they use the technology, the poll for Vodafone found. Some 31% who have used an AI ...

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini ...

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