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EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
Your twelve-year-old has been talking to an AI companion for hours daily. Is this the future of friendship, or a mental health crisis in disguise? Dr. JR and Dr. Jim Ford unpack the shocking reality of AI companions after Character.AI's complete ban on teen use following multiple suicide lawsuits.
We dissect the real numbers: seventy-two percent of teens have used AI companions, forty-two percent use them for mental health support, and one in three use them for social interaction. Learn about the TikTok radicalization pipeline, the deepfake crisis targeting middle schoolers, and why Sam Altman said OpenAI will "prioritize safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens."
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Keywords
mental healthAI CompanionsAI CompanionshipAI and TeensAI and Mental HealthAI ParentingMiddle School AICharacter.AITikTok AlgorithmTeen Mental HealthDigital Identity