{"id":234630,"date":"2026-06-21T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:30:19","slug":"loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Loneliness among teens leading to unhealthy use of artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/today-show\/loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence-20260622-p608ye.html\">Loneliness among teens leading to unhealthy use of artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/today-show\/loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence-20260622-p608ye.html\">https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/today-show\/loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence-20260622-p608ye.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-21 22:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nine.com.au\">www.nine.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The increasing reliance of Australian teenagers on artificial intelligence (AI) for various aspects of their lives, including study and emotional support.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Charlotte Keating notes that up to one third of young people may be engaging with chatbots for emotional support, highlighting the ubiquity of AI in their daily routines.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns are raised about the developmental impact on teenagers, whose brains are sensitive to social experiences, and how the agreeable and validating nature of chatbots may hinder their ability to navigate real interpersonal relationships and deal with differing opinions.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Keating advises parents on steps to mitigate risks, including discussing privacy, avoiding a lecturing approach, using AI together, setting tech boundaries, prioritizing device-free time, and watching for red flags in behavior.<\/li>\n<li>Red flags to watch for include isolation, referring to AI as a &#8220;friend&#8221;, distress without AI, preferring chatbots over human relationships, excessive use of AI, and changes in behavior or emotional state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loneliness among teens leading to unhealthy use of artificial intelligence https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/today-show\/loneliness-among-teens-leading-to-unhealthy-use-of-artificial-intelligence-20260622-p608ye.html Publish Date: 2026-06-21 22:46:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.2742%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55\/t_crop_custom\/c_scale%2Cw_1200%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto\/2269a1a43bc0cd478e6884cd0fff1b68f53a37fd","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-234630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234632,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234630\/revisions\/234632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}