{"id":18758,"date":"2025-07-23T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/18758\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:58:07","slug":"teens-say-they-are-turning-to-ai-for-friendship-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/18758\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQWWRKLXA3T3lURDgtR2l2M040bnhvQUFLbU5qYzF0LTlJMnNJbloxTU40X09yWkw2WFh4ZVlWOGl3TTRmVjlGUm1IdmM5eVFvSzRmRndralhXb3htYzJNVTFTUzJQNHV1b095TC1Qbk9TWjF5aDdRRmphbDlya1dGaldHTWdDLUY0YW5lVGp6T3FqUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNVy1TM3M3bVRRdExiQmg4WkxRdTROejB1aURHYjBBV1Bvd1Q4Z21UVHpLLUllV1NYOFFIbS1PVEJuWkp6NzJwWHplNEhNRHpXX0lkbGlUMnpKRUVOZml1UUNLUlIycGk5YV9YUE85aTRQUWNaRkFCX29BU3FpNzl4MFgzWDV1QVlzNmNsalBVZkV1ZHljcjR3V3d4cUtfY09LNTNqYmNObmNYbk9QRFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">These tips from experts can help your teenager navigate AI companions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CityNews Halifax<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPNWtNaW91U2RxYVVqZmFtMnp5bU9DbW5WNDYwUnlhN3F2RmMzUzFJaFJqTURZc3I4TFZnQ0xHc05jNUw5SG51VUk2MjdYcHRJUVczQ0xnTzJTaWk2cU1keFRqZ2hSbkozSGNLdEVfOUpEUEpSN0pybl80Ui1xMkx3NWVXT09BNW1DQi0yU2lKMUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI Friend Apps Are Destroying What\u2019s Left of Society<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Current Affairs.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNUHE2UTUyemVaNVk1QmVscDFPYzVVNTg0UGxfUGVJTUlHY3YzQzFzQ3gzcThhRFVHcElpRXRwdzR2MG9HZmVMM3B4ZWxRSnRUNHUtNElZQUh2TjA3aTQ0RzIyUl9jdHNwSkVxbWJlV0xUbjVYd2xFWmx3cWhaUU0zazBoZEdiUjVMQ1g3cUJIaXRMbnFndW5jQg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That\u2019s a Problem<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New Yorker<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE5rSktlaGctcVJxbExiYk5La1JJSWdYaDkwV0FIZEhLVzBYT2FLSTlCNER3TjdYZ19jR2pEc0JRVHZqUEZob3FyRUo5eFVYaG9wNzVjYjJxWEFJOGZaaFZXdk9UVDNZVFJHUGFGRUtkd1Q2SEXSAXhBVV95cUxPQzAtb1hpLWZwUGdiaVctTUV4WFp4Y19fa3IxOTJQbnF3cjJwaTdMRS1SYjEwQ0VzMTRiUGdqa3BSdGFlMVJWVDFVb2pMZEIwX3pxS3VrVDZWcmdLaWNPZ1VaMC1jSU1Zc2w5WEdtUXNnajMySzhjWVY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kids are asking AI companions to solve their problems, according to a new study. Here\u2019s why that\u2019s a problem<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsThese tips from experts can help your teenager navigate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,276,277,45,49,48,549,84,77,890,66,61],"class_list":["post-18758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-education","tag-health","tag-international","tag-lifestyle","tag-science","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}