Feminist chatbots
Countering bias, sexism and trolling online
Digital Planet · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Why the tone of chatbots matters and how a feminist perspective can help use them to address online problems such as bullying and trolling.
We look at some of the methods used to try and scam you, particularly the increasingly sophisticated emails sent to businesses to try and get them to part with their money.
We have a drive in a LIDAR enabled electric car, a new development in Autonomous vehicles
And the perils of misleading data, why clear and accurate data is so important to a huge variety of global issues such as adequate clean water or food supplies.
(Image: Chatbot female robot holding a speech bubble symbol. Credit: Getty Creative Stock)
Producer: Julian Siddle