{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6686f27f9bf81dc06a87e824/68ab8d1373bf5b6298c49636?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"258 - Teens and AI Companion Apps","description":"<p>On today’s episode: Where’s all the sulfur!? Is your teen using an AI Companion App? Probably. All that and more today on All Around Science...</p><p><br></p><p>RESOURCES</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/archaeology-student-finds-rare-ninth-century-gold-within-the-first-90-minutes-of-her-first-excavation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation | Live Science</a></li><li><a href=\"https://olemiss.edu/news/2025/08/chemists-help-solve-mystery-of-missing-space-sulfur/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chemists Help Solve Mystery of Missing Space Sulfur</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://www.universetoday.com/articles/sofia-follows-the-sulfur-for-clues-on-stellar-evolution\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/sofia-follows-the-sulfur-for-clues-on-stellar-evolution</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/talk-trust-and-trade-offs-how-and-why-teens-use-ai-companions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions | Common Sense Media</a></li><li><a href=\"https://theconversation.com/teens-are-increasingly-turning-to-ai-companions-and-it-could-be-harming-them-261955\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Teens are increasingly turning to AI companions, and it could be harming them | The Conversation</a></li><li><a href=\"https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.13193\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Adolescent Peer Relationship Qualities as Predictors of Long-Term Romantic Life Satisfaction | SRCD</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212657021000027?via=ihub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The significance of adolescent social competence for mental health in young adulthood | Mental Health &amp; Prevention</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115202\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Is Adolescence a Sensitive Period for Sociocultural Processing? | Annual Reviews</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/social-ai-companions?gate=riskassessment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Assessments of AI Chat Bot Safety | Common Sense Media</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>CREDITS:</p><p>Writing - Bobby Frankenberger &amp; Maura Armstrong</p><p>Booking - September McCrady&nbsp;</p><p>THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen</p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL</u></a></p><p><a href=\"http://andrewallenmusic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>http://andrewallenmusic.com</u></a></p>","author_name":"All Around Science"}