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Digital Companionship: Overlapping Uses of AI Companions and AI Assistants

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Main Authors:	Manoli, Aikaterina, Pauketat, Janet V. T., Ladak, Ali, Noh, Hayoun, Hwang, Angel Hsing-Chi, Anthis, Jacy Reese
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence Computers and Society
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