What the Data Says About Teens and Chatbots I've been talking to more teens about AI chatbots lately and whew, what I'm hearing is all over the place. From the teen boy who told me he regularly talks to chatbots when anxiety keeps him up at night...to the teen girl who shared how a chatbot kept trying to interpret her depressive episodes through a lens of the supernatural...to the teen who used chatbots to respond to arguments with her family and the teen who used it to write

In a synthetic media environment, the beauty ideal is no longer something teens watch from a distance, and critical awareness alone won't protect them from it.