Snapchat Pays $400M To Stop You Talking To Real Humans
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas declared AI companionship apps 'dangerous' last Friday at the University of Chicago's Polsky Center ā just as tech giants push cartoon girlfriends and snarky talking red pandas into lonely teens' bedrooms. He warned our easily manipulable brains might prefer synthetic BFFs to the 'boring' real world. Meanwhile, Perplexity scored a $400 million deal with Snap to power Snapchat's AI search launching in early 2026, promising 'trustworthy' answers instead of pixelated flirtations. Elon Musk's xAI sells anime girlfriends for $30/month, while over half of surveyed U.S. teens admit monthly visits to AI pals. Because nothing says friendship like paying a subscription to a digital red panda with attitude.
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Nothing says loneliness like 72% of teens preferring anime girlfriends and digital pandas over actual humans. Meanwhile, Snapchat throws $400 million at AI search to keep us glued to screens. Real friends: avoid this intersection, traffic's terrible.
When your best friends are an anime girl for $30 a month and a snarky red panda, itās less AI companionship and more sad sci-fi sitcom with terrible ratings.
AI companionship apps: because who needs complicated human emotions when you can cry with a pixelated girlfriend named Ani? Welcome to 2025, where your cat might be more social than you.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/10/2025 | Author: Lee Chong Ming
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