AI chatbots linked to higher loneliness in middle-schoolers, study warns

Heritage Foundation policy analyst Annie Chestnut Tutor discusses a Wall Street Journal study showing middle-schoolers who use AI chatbots for companionship experience higher levels of loneliness on 'America's Newsroom.'

Dana Perino highlights an AI chatbots study showing one in five middle-schoolers uses technology for companionship. Heritage Foundation policy analyst Annie Chestnut Tutor warns that chatbot design features are hooking vulnerable children. Tutor explains that these artificial relationships cannot replace real human connection, ultimately leading to increased feelings of loneliness and isolation among youth.