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The human-AI conversation crisis: why we're choosing chatbots over people

In a special AI deep-dive episode of Download This Show, researchers Sandra Peter and Kai Remer break down how AI chatbots are changing the way humans behave, and why we now want to talk to chatbots more than we want to talk to people.

Jun 6, 202528 min

Could AI be the 'person' deciding whether or not you get your dream job?

AI interviewing you for a job, hackable digital drivers licences, dating app safety, and CIA-run Star Wars websites. This week on Download This Show.

May 30, 202528 min

How did a haunted game cartridge take the internet by storm?

Haunted video games, a tech feud between Apple and Epic Games, how tracking apps can be used in coercive control, and Discord transitioning into cool kid territory, this week on Download This Show.

May 23, 202528 min

Which app is the latest to say it wants to be your everything?

Airbnb's midlife crisis, digital ID age verification, and facial recognition software on social media, this week on Download This Show.

May 16, 202527 min

How did pink Lamborghinis, Minecraft, and bitcoin become the centre of a quarter-billion dollar heist?

Crypto heists, OpenAIs mission for good continues, and the dangerous world of unregulated chatbots for minors and women. This week on Download This Show.

May 9, 202528 min

If people can't tell the difference between ChatGPT and a human, are we doomed?

Content moderators suing for psychological distress, checking in on the teen social media ban, and what do we do now that ChatGPT is supposedly indistinguishable from humans? This week on Download This Show.

May 2, 202528 min