{"id":380164,"date":"2026-09-19T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/when-does-emotional-support-from-ai-turn-into-full-blown-sycophancy-chasing-life\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:10","slug":"when-does-emotional-support-from-ai-turn-into-full-blown-sycophancy-chasing-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/when-does-emotional-support-from-ai-turn-into-full-blown-sycophancy-chasing-life\/","title":{"rendered":"When does emotional support from AI turn into full-blown sycophancy? | Chasing Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ibEFrw2afpw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"When does emotional support from AI turn into full-blown sycophancy? | Chasing Life\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibEFrw2afpw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>We all need someone in our corner, but when does emotional support from AI turn into full-blown sycophancy? <\/p>\n<p>Pediatric surgeon and researcher Dr. Dana Suskind joins this week\u2019s Chasing Life to help us navigate our kids\u2019 evolving relationship with AI. 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