{"slug": "over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends", "title": "Over 30% of millennials in Japan believe AI will replace family, friends", "summary": "A Jiji Press survey found that 24.9% of people in Japan believe advanced AI will replace their friends and families, with the proportion rising to 32.5% among respondents aged 18-29. The survey also showed that 30.8% of respondents use generative AI like ChatGPT, with usage rates of 53.3% among those aged 18-29 and 56.2% among those in their 30s.", "body_md": "# Over 30% of millennials in Japan believe AI will replace family, friends\n\nOne in four people in Japan believes that more advanced artificial intelligence will replace their friends and families in the future, a [Jiji Press](https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2026080100365) survey on communications has found.\n\nThe proportion of those who expressed this belief stood at 24.9 pct, while 65.1 pct said they did not think AI would replace their friends and families.\n\nOf the respondents aged between 18 and 29, 32.5 pct said that advanced AI would replace their friends and families in the future. The proportion stood at 30.1 pct among respondents in their 30s, 29.2 pct among those in their 40s and 31.4 pct among those in their 50s.\n\nIn the survey, 30.8 pct of the overall respondents said they use generative AI, such as ChatGPT, while 67.8 pct said they do not.\n\nThe usage rate came to 53.3 pct among those aged between 18 and 29, 56.2 pct among those in their 30s, 47.4 pct among those in their 40s, 27.4 pct among those in their 50s and 21.9 pct among those in their 60s.\n\nEarlier, it was reported that Tokyo is expanding its AI-powered matchmaking program as part of a new marriage support campaign.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends", "canonical_source": "https://qazinform.com/news/over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends-25f330", "published_at": "2026-08-02 20:41:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-02 21:06:58.809639+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Jiji Press", "ChatGPT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/over-30-of-millennials-in-japan-believe-ai-will-replace-family-friends.jsonld"}}