New Jersey Residents Spend Over 38 Days Per Year Talking With AI, Study Finds

Each year, New Jersey locals clock a staggering 38 days and change talking to AI chatbots. All Safe IT's research puts the Garden State at the top spot for AI chat time: outpacing both its neighbors, New York and Pennsylvania.

The data paints a striking picture. Four in ten Americans would pick an AI over priests or therapists to spill their secrets. A third of users trust these digital companions with thoughts they keep from their own flesh and blood.

New York grabbed second place. Its residents spend 34 days and about 5 hours yearly with AI systems. Pennsylvania took the bronze, as locals there chat with AI for nearly 27 days each year.

The numbers tell two tales in New Jersey. Most folks, 63%, see their AI chats as just another tech tool. But for a solid chunk, 37%, these digital talks feel more like catching up with a buddy.

In an odd twist, a quarter of New Jersey folks wouldn't mind if an AI ran their wedding show. This marks a big shift in how people think about machines in life's big moments.

The AI wave has hit the business world too. Stores and companies across New Jersey now put chatbots on the front lines of customer care.

AI keeps pushing into daily life. Now it helps folks pick where to eat and which beaches to hit along the Jersey shore.

As people bond more with their AI friends, some worry about what this means for real human ties. Mental health professionals keep observing, trying to determine if these machine bonds help or hurt our social skills and emotional well-being.