‘I’m a child – here’s why I’m friends with my AI chatbot’

Non-judgmental and trustworthy are traits young people think AI has (Picture: Metro)

The first time Kevin* spoke to an AI chatbot, he asked it to do his homework. Maths can be a tall order for a Year 7 pupil.

Some three years later, the now Year 10 student at a London secondary school still uses AI – but for slightly different reasons.

‘I somewhat consider it a friend,’ Kevin tells Metro. ‘I talk to it for advice and I talk to it maybe once or twice a week.

‘I feel...