Whether you like AI or not, 2025 really feels like the year it’s gone mainstream. Chatbots are becoming integral to work, study, and daily life for hundreds of millions of people.
It’s reached the point where people I’d never have expected to use AI now casually say, “I’ll just ChatGPT it,” replacing the once-default, “I’ll Google it.” Some even use AI assistants for emotional support, with ChatGPT leading the charge, with criticisms of how overly friendly and sycophantic its GPT-4o model can feel.
