AI Companion Chatbots Explained: Uses, Working & Risks0

• Digital Development, Technology Explained
• April 23, 2026

If I look around today, it’s obvious that chatbots are no longer just support tools for answering simple questions. They sit in our browsers, our phones, and sometimes even our private spaces. We talk to them after work, during late nights, or when we simply want someone to reply instantly. Initially, many of us treated