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AI is not human. Why does it act like your friend?

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Can humans form real relationships with artificial intelligence? Kids are treating AI chatbots like companions, led on by models that are deceptively human-sounding by design.

Here & Now's Scott Tong asks Ina Fried, chief technology correspondent at Axios, why we feel the need to treat AI bots like people.

This segment aired on December 22, 2025.

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