Trend: AI & Technology. AI is becoming increasingly personal as consumers move beyond functional questions and use chatbots for conversations involving private concerns, finances and other sensitive subjects. Yet a Proton survey of 4,014 chatbot users across the US, UK, France and Germany reveals a striking contradiction: people are becoming comfortable telling AI personal information without necessarily trusting the companies behind it. Why Everyone Is Talking About It: AI I

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