{
  "id": 40348,
  "title": "1 in 4 people in Japan believes AI could replace friends and family: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/1-in-4-people-in-japan-believes-ai-could-replace-friends-and-family",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-02T09:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/02/japan/poll-ai-replace-friends-family/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the survey, 30.8% of the overall respondents said they use generative AI, such as ChatGPT, while 67.8% said they do not.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}