Two new studies from ChatGPT developer Open AI and MIT show that increased use of the chatbot correlates with increased loneliness and less social time with other people, according to Bloomberg.ChatGPT users in the study also reported feeling increasingly emotionally dependent on the chatbot the more often they used it and they perceived their use as increasingly problematic.The first study followed close to 1,000 people for more than a month with varying levels of experience with ChatGPT. They were either given a text version of the chatbot or one of two voice-based versions, which they used for at least five minutes a day.Some were instructed to have open conversations about anything, while others were instructed to have either non-personal or personal conversations with the service. The researchers reportedly saw no difference in results between text-based and voice-based chatbots.The second study analyzed 3 million user conversations from ChatGPT and surveyed how users interacted with the AI tool. The results show that very few people use ChatGPT for emotional conversations.None of the studies have yet been reviewed by other researchers.