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Happy Sunday besties. I asked both ChatGPT and Claude to do a “Spotify Wrapped” of all my conversations this year. I said “make it shorter” in over 50% of my chats, my top track was “turn my raw idea into something publishable and performant,” and my biggest upgrade was stopping asking for “ideas” and starting asking for formats.
Here is the prompt I used. Reply back telling me your most surprising stat!
Create a recap (like Spotify Wrapped) of all my 2025 chats and conversations I had with you this year
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Is AI Making You Lonelier?
Microsoft released their 2025 Copilot Usage Report earlier this week. They analyzed over 37.5 million conversations to see how people actually use AI.
Their headline finding: we're treating AI as a "vital companion for life's big and small moments." Scary.
Here's what they discovered:
Health is #1: No matter what day, month, or time, health-related topics dominate mobile AI usage
Advice is on the rise: More users are seeking personal guidance on relationships, decisions, and life planning
2 AM philosophy sessions are common: "Religion and Philosophy" conversations spike in the early morning hours
Valentine's Day had a relationship conversation surge: People turned to AI to navigate their relationships
Microsoft calls this proof that AI is "a trusted advisor slotting effortlessly into your life."
That framing made me feel super uncomfortable. Not only because a robot was being favored over friends and professionals, but just weeks earlier, MIT Media Lab and OpenAI released their own study, and it tells a very different story.
👻 What MIT Found in 40 Million ChatGPT Conversations
MIT researchers, in collaboration with OpenAI, studied how AI chatbot use affects our emotional wellbeing. Their findings:
Higher daily usage correlated with:
Higher loneliness
Higher emotional dependence
More "problematic use"
Lower socialization with real people
The people treating AI like a friend reported feeling the loneliest.
And here's the wildest finding: Using ChatGPT's voice mode with an opposite-gender voice was associated with the highest loneliness scores. The more human-like the AI feels, the lonelier users become.
The researchers called out something important: They can't prove causation. Maybe lonely people seek out AI companionship, rather than AI causing loneliness.
But either way, the pattern is clear, heavy AI users who treat chatbots like confidants aren't feeling more connected. They're feeling more isolated.
So What Do We Do With This?
I'm not here to tell you to stop using AI. (Hello, I run a newsletter about AI lol) But I do think we need to be way more intentional about how we use it.
🦋 The framework I'm testing out for more intentionality in 2026:
When I go to use AI, download the app versions on my desktop and actively open and CLOSE the app after using, so it’s not always on, always ready
Set parameters on my usage. Before I start chatting, go in with a clear vision and goal and attempt to get an answer in a certain allotted amount of time, like setting a timer or scheduling it as 30-min block in my calendar.
Rename my chats. I find that I often ask the same thing multiple times over the course of a week. If I better organize my chats, I will have an easier time finding information that I already asked for, rather than asking it again.
Unplug over the weekends. This one is by far the hardest for me and something I know my husband will hold me accountable for if he is reading this :)
And of course this is WHY I built AI Snack Club. To talk to other women in real time when you need it. Ask your burning questions, get answers fast, and learn from each other's shared experiences. Feels like a perfect plug to join the Founding Member waitlist now to lock in 50% off the yearly membership rate, yay!
*Sources from today’s newsletter: MIT Study, OpenAI Study, Microsoft Usage Report, and Fortune Article.
🪩 What’s Hot on the Internet:
Google Labs launched "Disco" this week, an experimental browser that turns your open tabs into custom apps like itineraries and meal planners. Join the waitlist for Mac.(link)
AI-generated music officially hit the Billboard charts for the first time in 2025. The future of music is getting weird. (link)
Time named "Architects of AI" as Persons of the Year 2025. When I first saw the cover, I thought it was a meme. Unfortunately, it is not. (link)
AI is powering $263 billion in holiday shopping this season. I searched fitness on ChatGPT last week and was served a Peloton ad. Yea, no thanks. (link)
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