{"id":325280,"date":"2025-12-19T20:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325280\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:37:17","slug":"one-in-three-using-ai-for-emotional-support-and-conversation-uk-says-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325280\/","title":{"rendered":"One in three using AI for emotional support and conversation, UK says &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBOaHJfLV9EUG9FMEdOVzJ2b0RPbFZyekJ4ZVd5ZEU5eW5NOFVHeGZUWEF3a3F0YzQzOE1uNVJWbmtfV2oyX3M1NXpvVkFOQWlRdDRuRlpjempkZ0tT0gFiQVVfeXFMTTdXT1hEX0p2RVFPd0Q1ajF3cG9DSUVjTG9Iay12dVF5Vy1FM0pPajFHbjFzZHJDZHhtdDFwZE1zSjc5RDU2VmNBbEZiaE03bjJDQWdpdURtd1JNd2ZxS2t5X0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">One in three using AI for emotional support and conversation, UK says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOYnJ1LXVRYndvbTdqdkh4bG1xWmdHMEFxbUVwZURyangtQXc1cGNfc0sxMUpad1RYOHJPQnBDcE9EOWdEMnFacDlsdkprVWJyQ2JfSy02VWo5cFBtdTZET2U5OTVkemUycHVKUGk5dXVkZkdjcWwzODB1QzFYaHFvSVhHa1d6ekYwa2RuTlN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chatbot users \u2018suffered panic attacks and withdrawal\u2019 when it broke<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPak85SU13UUQ1T25YbWM0S2ZZQ0pDMGI3RGJRRDJoRzV0UjdVTWYyZ0FPY3NZNVpodnRWbElZNU5NZU5OZmRHX2xWdi1Eb3dhUnAxRm1IUTl0N21PRHRHOTh0cDJkZVhYV05ISWlDT2tpcUFPWHZvX1dac0RwZmlsSmlzQ1FyTGlYb1Rrc0lXVXNGaE5yMGRTRURiXzYteGFFcDF6dExuVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQeTZhdDEwZ1pNODVXN25LcDZtRWVvQmx0Q1lNOC1DWEIxczc3b2xXN0gzckhvWENRb3NNSGJiTy1Qdy02ekZlYVhVdjZpS0MwSEg1dUlGV1JHM0NhS3hxTGx6akRSS3ZRTDliaF81WUNlX1A4M05VZlFUMEsyeUZ6dEJ2UHRtVzBDdE8xb0RtLXpiNzQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Third of Britons using AI for \u2018emotional support\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiX0FVX3lxTE16VXZSZTlpeWtNSlNqZjZaUjJoajJNRENtZFlGTE4xWVlhb1NNb1RET29KN3hSQXJLdXN1ODVHU1dpY2xNdnVVUWxYSnl5U05Cb0JQZTlNYmlXYUJ4elNv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">33% of UK Citizens Now Use AI for Therapy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;eWeek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One in three using AI for emotional support and conversation, UK says&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCChatbot users \u2018suffered panic attacks and withdrawal\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-325280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}