Editorial
With the fear of being judged, especially by your closest families and friends, AI chatbots emerge to fill those gaps felt by most Indonesians who are struggling to march on with their lives.
This photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including LLMs, chatbots and generative AI, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris on July 15, 2026. (AFP/Martin Lelievre)
When your day is going badly and you need someone to talk to, who you gonna call?
For many in Indonesia’s Generation-Z, those who were born between 1997 and 2012, they apparently run to artificial intelligence platforms to vent and talk about sensitive issues, including relationships and mental health. A recent survey of 400 Indonesian Gen-Zers found that 60 percent of them had confided personal issues to AI chatbots.
