{"id":426147,"date":"2026-01-20T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:02:08","slug":"tell-us-has-a-chatbot-helped-you-out-of-a-difficult-time-in-your-life-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426147\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell us: has a chatbot helped you out of a difficult time in your life? | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">AI Chatbots are now a part of everyday life. ChatGPT surpassed 800 million weekly active users in late 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Some people are forming relationships with these chatbots, using them for companionship, mental health support, and even as therapists.<\/p>\n<p>Has a chatbot helped you get through a difficult period in life? If so, we\u2019d like to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>Share your experience<\/p>\n<p>You can tell us how an AI chatbot has helped you\u00a0get through a difficult period in life using this form.<\/p>\n<p>Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tips guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How has a chatbot helped you get through a difficult period in life? <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">Please include as much detail as possible. <\/p>\n<p>If you are happy to, please upload a photo of yourself here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-14g8jkp\">Please note, the maximum file size is 5.7 MB.<\/p>\n<p>Choose file<\/p>\n<p>Can we publish your response? <\/p>\n<p>You can add more information here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">If you include other people&#8217;s names please ask them first.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in speaking to our audio and\/or video teams? <\/p>\n<p>By submitting your response, you are agreeing to share your details with us for this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Submit<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">If you\u2019re having trouble using the form click <a href=\"https:\/\/guardiannewsandmedia.formstack.com\/forms\/ai_and_mental_health\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Read terms of service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/terms-of-service\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and privacy policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI Chatbots are now a part of everyday life. ChatGPT surpassed 800 million weekly active users in late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":["post-426147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}