{
  "id": 7342238,
  "title": "People form real feelings for chatbots, according to researcher",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/people-form-real-feelings-for-chatbots-according-to-researcher",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-14T15:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-people-real-chatbots.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Imagine having a friend who always has time for you, never judges you and remembers everything you have said. For many, that friend is not a human being but a social AI model. This emerges clearly in Marita Skjuve's Ph.D. thesis, submitted at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo (UiO).",
  "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."
}