An alarming number of teenagers are turning to AI chatbots to not just help them with tasks like homework, but to act as their friends. And according to one high schooler contemplating the technology's effects on her generation, … "Everyone uses AI for everything now. It's really taking over," Kayla Chege, a 15-year-old sophomore honors student in Kansas, told the Associated Press. "I think kids use AI to get out of thinking." Another Arkansas teen, 17-year-old Bruce Perry, admitted to heavily depending on the tech. "If you tell me to plan out an essay, I would think of going to […]