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Have You Ever Used AI to Navigate Everyday Life and Social Relationships?

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Date Published
19 Feb 2026
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19 Feb 2026, 08:45 pm

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We’d like to hear your stories about the ways you’re using chatbots to assist with your social life or important life decisions

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The article invites readers to share their experiences of using AI, particularly chatbots, to assist with social interactions and significant life decisions. It explores how AI is becoming an integral part of everyday life, helping users draft sensitive messages or make personal decisions. While the article is participatory in nature, it highlights the growing reliance on AI for personal assistance, raising questions about the implications of AI in social contexts. However, it lacks a direct focus on catastrophic risks or detailed analysis relevant to AI safety or policy.

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Have you ever used AI to navigate everyday life and social relationships? Photograph: Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/ShutterstockView image in fullscreen Have you ever used AI to navigate everyday life and social relationships? Photograph: Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/ShutterstockTell us: have you ever used AI to navigate everyday life and social relationships?We’d like to hear your stories about the ways you’re using chatbots to assist with your social life or important life decisions Lots of people now use chatbots as personal assistants, not just for work but in everyday life and social interactions. We want to hear your stories about the ways you’re using chatbots to navigate your social life or significant life decisions.Have you ever drafted a breakup text using AI? Or crafted a message to delicately cancel plans? Have you consulted AI on whether to take, or quit, a job? Or sought advice from a chatbot on a tricky friendship or relationship?Did that advice work, or backfire?Share your experienceTell us about it in the form below or by messaging us. Please share your story if you are 18 or over, anonymously if you wish. For more information please see our terms of service and privacy policy.Tell us hereMessage usYour responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our tips guide.Name Where do you live? Tell us a bit about yourself (e.g. age, background, what you do) OptionalTell us about whether you have used AI to navigate social situations and whether they worked or backfired Please include as much detail as possible. Tell us about whether you have used AI to help with significant life decisions. How helpful was it? OptionalPlease include as much detail as possible. If you are happy to, please upload a photo of yourself here OptionalPlease note, the maximum file size is 5.7 MB.Choose fileCan we publish your response? Yes, entirelyYes, but contact me firstYes, but please keep me anonymousNo, this is information onlyPhone number OptionalYour contact details are helpful so we can contact you for more information. They will only be seen by the Guardian.Email address Your contact details are helpful so we can contact you for more information. They will only be seen by the Guardian.You can add more information here OptionalIf you include other people's names please ask them first.Would you be interested in speaking to our audio and/or video teams? Audio onlyVideo onlyAudio and videoNo, I'm not interestedBy submitting your response, you are agreeing to share your details with us for this feature.SubmitContact us on WhatsApp at +447766780300.For more information, please see our guidance on contacting us via WhatsApp. For fully anonymous communication please use our Secure Messaging service instead.Message us on WhatsAppIf you’re having trouble using the form click here. Read terms of service here and privacy policy here.Explore more on these topicsAI (artificial intelligence)ComputingcalloutShareReuse this content