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1 In 5 Boys Know Someone Their Age Who's In A Relationship With An AI Chatbot
(www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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This statstic is meaningless. They could all know the same kid in the chatbot relationship. Unlikely but still, just because "one in five" know someone who... Doesn't mean 20% of kids are in one.