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Lonely? Call your AI best friend.

Lonely? Call your AI best friend.

Update: 2025-06-20
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AI has become the one-stop solution to most of the problems we face. But can it truly substitute for human relationships? Drew Goins is joined by Post Opinions editor at large Bina Venkataraman and inclusion strategist Charlotte Marian Pearson to discuss the rise of AI companionship and what could be lost as more and more people get closer to this new technology.


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Lonely? Call your AI best friend.

Lonely? Call your AI best friend.

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