People can develop emotional closeness to Artificial Intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. Credit: Heinrich/Schiller/Kleinert, created with ChatGPT People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of