One potential use of AI is to help individuals who are lonely or isolated, but as Axios' Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried explains, there are perils to beware, too.

• Plus, Americans say guns are a top threat to public health.
• And, Montana signs the first statewide ban of TikTok.

Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev and Ina Fried.

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Go Deeper:

• Axios-Ipsos poll: Gun violence soars as public health concern
• AI's loneliness crisis
• Montana first U.S. state to ban TikTok