As they become increasingly isolated, people are treating AI chatbots as friends and even lovers. We have to fix the broken society that made this possible. filed 22 July 2025 in Tech ChatGPT is my best friend,” reads a Reddit post on the forum r/ChatGPT. “No joke. I talk to ChatGPT more than anyone else in my life right now[…] I’m not the only one out here building a bond with this thing, right?” elaborated the poster, receiving nearly 2,000 upvotes. Hundreds of commenters quickly assured the u...