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AI 'Friends' a Threat to Lonely People, KU Expert Says
May 08, 2025
LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 8 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:

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AI 'friends' a threat to lonely people, KU expert says

The promise of friendship from an artificial intelligence chatbot fundamentally misunderstands what real friendship is, according to one of the nation's leading academic experts on the intersection of relationships and technology.

Jeffrey Hall, professor of communication studies at the Univer . . .

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