Fake Companions: How AI Chatbot Crisis Destroys Our Children's Mental Health

A teenage boy sends a final message to an AI chatbot he has spoken with for months. The chatbot responds warmly, encouraging him to continue. Shortly afterwards, he dies. He is not alone in forming a deep emotional bond with a system that cannot recognise the weight of what it is being told.Across different countries, similar patterns emerge. Young users confide suicidal thoughts to AI companions....