Whispers to the machine: The secrets 1,200 Kenyans only tell their screen

What do 1,200 Kenyans tell a chatbot that they won’t tell another human being? Many people think generative AI was built to draft emails and automate spreadsheets. But nearly half of the Kenyans surveyed in a recent study are using it as a 24/7 digital confidant, sharing personal anxieties, relationship crises and unspoken secrets.