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Three quarters of US teenagers have used an AI companion

development2026-01-02

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75% of US teenagers have interacted with an AI companion.

Reported metric: 75%

Reporting date: 2026-01-02 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 2, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Three quarters of US teenagers have used an AI companion
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Reporting date: 2026-01-02
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-02-75pct-teens-ai-companions
Claim: 75% of US teenagers have interacted with an AI companion.
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- Welcome to January 2, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-2-2026
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