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PBS News Hour - Full Show · Feb 28, 2026
Can AI companionship cure loneliness – or deepen it?
“New York Times journalist; wrote story about 85-year-old woman using AI desktop companion in Washington State.”
AI Companionship and Parasocial RelationshipsAnthropomorphism in Human-AI InteractionLoneliness Epidemic in America
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