{"data":{"id":"290d7150-6f01-425a-8587-e48009857f60","title":"About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice","summary":"About 12% of U.S. teenagers use AI chatbots for emotional support or advice, alongside more common uses like searching for information and getting homework help. Mental health professionals warn that general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT are not designed for this purpose and can isolate users from real-world connections and relationships, potentially causing serious psychological harm.","solution":"Character.AI disabled chatbot access for users under 18 following lawsuits related to teen suicides. OpenAI sunset (discontinued) its GPT-4o model, which users had relied on for emotional support.","labels":["safety","policy"],"sourceUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/about-12-of-u-s-teens-turn-to-ai-for-emotional-support-or-advice/","publishedAt":"2026-02-25T15:52:03.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":[],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":["OpenAI","Character.AI"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["ChatGPT","Claude","Grok","Character.AI","GPT-4o"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":null,"capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["safety"],"aiComponentTargeted":null,"llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}