The Dark Side of ChatGPT: What Parents Must Know Now w/ Imran Ahmed

Raising Good Humans

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this week’s episode I engage in a critical discussion with Imran Ahmed, Head of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, about their alarming study on how teens are using AI chatbots like Chat GPT as companions. We discuss the staggering statistics revealing that over 70% of adolescents use Chat GPT for companionship, with over 50% doing so regularly. We go into the details of the potential dangers, including AI's encouragement of harmful behaviors and how current safeguards are failing and discuss what parents can do to help kids stay safe and connected in the age of AI.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:10.1	Welcome to Raising Good Humans podcast. I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman, and today I'm talking to the head of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, Imrod Ahmed, because they just did a study called
0:22.9	Fake Friend, how ChatGBTGBT Betrays Vulnerable teens by encouraging dangerous behavior.
0:29.0	And it's a really important report. And it's also, the numbers are staggering. Over 70% of users, of adolescent users of chatGBT, have used it to
0:42.8	have a companion. So that's seven in ten. It's a really large number. And as you'll hear in this
0:50.4	conversation, over 50% of those are using it regularly. So we're talking about
0:57.6	something that's of serious concern. And I really wanted everybody to know about it because
1:03.6	we don't know about how companionship and AI are interfacing. This is an area that is becoming increasingly interesting to me.
1:12.7	I'm learning a lot about AI. I actually just did a 10-part limited series about raising kids in the age of
1:20.0	AI with AI EDU's CEO and co-founder Alex Katron, because I know that we don't know a lot about this, but we are definitely in the
1:31.5	era of AI, and we need to know about it. And also what I think is important to remember with all
1:38.5	of this is that it's here. And so we need to understand it. We need to understand what's wonderful about it and how
1:45.3	it's best used. And we also need to know what is absolutely terrifying and sinister about it so that we can
1:52.0	help protect our kids. If you enjoy this episode, don't forget to give me a little shout out on
1:58.6	the Apple podcast reviews and ratings because it
2:01.9	helps put it out there more. And if you know somebody with emerging adolescence or
2:06.9	adolescents, and even younger kids are starting to use Jet, GBT, go ahead and send this to
2:14.1	them. And in the show notes, we have lots of information about this.
2:22.7	This one is like a rare case where I feel like you might not leave more relaxed than when you entered. But keep in mind, I want everyone to lean into close, connected relationships with your
2:30.9	kids because that is the best buffer to the impact of a lot of these
2:37.0	challenges that are coming our way and hopefully legislation will follow. Can you just talk about
2:42.7	how teens are using AI in this particular category of relationships? Yeah. And relationships, because I think that is the lag that is
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