Ai companionship use
Ai companionship use has been studied in 1 paper since 2026: 1 observational study in people; 1 in the past year. The newest paper, Oct 30, 2026: “Companionship-oriented conversational AI use and loneliness among community-dwelling older adults: the moderating role of human social connectedness”.
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“At mean connectedness, the adjusted loneliness difference between users and nonusers was −1.175 points (95% CI −1.459 to − 0.891).”
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What is Ai companionship use linked with?
1Studies link Ai companionship use with 1 measure, most often loneliness (1 study).
Loneliness
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Loneliness
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Ai companionship use is associated with loneliness in humans (At mean human social connectedness; adjusted comparison with nonusers) (−1.175 loneliness points (95% CI −1.459 to −0.891)).
“At mean connectedness, the adjusted loneliness difference between users and nonusers was −1.175 points (95% CI −1.459 to − 0.891).”
HumansAt mean human social connectedness; adjusted comparison with nonusersn = 427
Frontiers in public health