Most Americans think technology is making us lonelier. Big Tech’s solution? Be friends with your tech. Screenshot from the Friend teaser video By Sonali Kolhatkar This fall, Avi Schiffman, founder of the AI startup Friend.com , boasted on X about his company’s new advertising blitz, claiming it was the “Largest NYC subway campaign ever.” Since then, the large white billboards lining New York City’s train stations have not only sparked intense conversation, but also vandalism

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