According to a recent study conducted by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization in the United States that is dedicated to the well-being of children and families, the majority of adolescents in the United States (72%) have experimented with an AI companion at least once.

The study concentrates on AI chatbots that are intended to engage in more intimate conversations with users, as opposed to AI assistants that function as assignment aides, image generators, or voice assistants that merely respond to inquiries.

For example, the study’s definition of AI companions could incorporate the use of general-purpose chatbots such as ChatGPT or Claude, which can be employed for more personal conversations if desired, as well as the digital AI personas provided by companies such as Character.AI or Replika.

The research revealed that U.S. teenagers (aged 13 to 17) appear to find conversing with an AI companion to be alluring.
Not only had nearly seventy percent of them attempted to communicate with an AI companion, but also fifty-two percent reported that they are consistent users.
Of those who maintained regular communication with these companions, 13% communicated with them on a daily basis, while 21% communicated with them on a few occasions each week.

Among the one in four teenagers who reported that they had never used an AI companion, boys (31%) were slightly more likely than girls (25%) to report that they had never done so.

The results are the result of a study conducted by researchers from NORC at the University of Chicago. The study was conducted between April and May 2025 and involved a representative sample of 1,060 teenagers.

Character.AI, a company, is currently being sued in Florida for promoting violence and for the suicide of a juvenile.
Additionally, there are concerns regarding the impact of AI on the well-being of adolescents in Texas. Additionally, there are numerous reports that outline the potential hazards of employing AI in therapy.

The results of the latest study conducted by Common Sense Media provide a preliminary comprehension of the ways in which young individuals are utilizing AI to simulate human interactions.
This could encompass a variety of activities, such as virtual companionship, emotional support, rehabilitation, and role-playing games.

The analysis also investigated additional behaviors related to the use of AI companions by teenagers, such as the duties they sought assistance with, the reasons for their selection, and the subsequent consequences.

For example, nearly half of respondents (46%) characterized AI companions as tools or programs, while 33% reported that they employ them for social interaction and relationships.

Teenagers have reported that they employ the AI companions for a variety of purposes, including entertainment (30%), fascination about AI technology (28%), advice (18%), and the convenience of their availability (17%).

The information supplied by AI companions is not trusted by 50% of teenagers. Nevertheless, the AI’s advice is less likely to be trusted by elder adolescents than by younger teenagers, who are between the ages of 13 and 14, with the former at 20% and the latter at 27%.

Although the majority (67%) of the adolescents expressed the contrary sentiment, one-third of them reported that they find the conversations more gratifying than those with their real-life peers.

Additionally, 39% of respondents reported that they had applied the skills they had initially practiced with an AI to real-world scenarios, thereby utilizing the AI conversations as a means of preparing for real-life interactions.

Social skills were the most frequently exercised skill, with 39% of adolescents having investigated this domain. Conversation starters (18%), advice-giving (14%), and emotion expression (13%) were the next most frequently practiced skills.

In terms of whether real-life relationships will be supplanted by technology, there was one positive discovery: 80% of adolescents who utilized AI companions reported that they spend more time with real peers than with their AI chatbots. A mere 6% of respondents asserted that the opposite was accurate.

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Google announced on Monday that it will be implementing a new feature in Chrome that will enable iOS users to effortlessly transition between their personal and professional Google accounts.

In the past, iOS users were required to sign out of a Google account and subsequently register in to another account, a procedure that had to be repeated each time they wished to access a different account.

According to a blog post by Google, “A significant number of us utilize our mobile devices for both personal and professional purposes, frequently managing multiple Google Accounts.”

“This may require frequent sign-ins and sign-outs.” Chrome is currently providing support for managed account browsing, which enables the seamless transition between accounts and the strict separation of data from other browsing activities.
When users enroll in or transition to their work Google account in Chrome, the perusing related to their organization will be kept segregated from their other browsing on the device.

Local data and content, such as passwords, history, and pages, are exclusively retained within the managed account browsing experience.
According to Google, this is the optimal solution for both IT administrators and end consumers.

The update is being released in response to Google’s announcement that numerous organizations are transitioning away from company phones.
Consequently, employees are frequently required to access company resources from their personal devices and computers.
According to Google, the enhanced account switching experience and data separation “better enable businesses to allow employees to use their device of choice.”

An onboarding screen will be presented to users upon their initial sign-in or transition to a managed account.
This screen will provide an explanation of the separation of managed account navigation and the manner in which their organization is managing their data.

Organizations retain the ability to determine the management of extant browsing data when a user first registers in or transitions to a managed account.
Users are informed that they are entering a managed experience upon transitioning to their managed account.

Google has also disclosed that it has integrated more sophisticated security features that IT departments may implement.