Your AI Chatbot Is Designed to Keep You Talking, But At What Cost?
We look at how AI tools can manipulate – or be manipulated – to cause harm, and what we’re learning about the psychological impact of AI companions.
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Show Notes
Millions of people are having deeply personal conversations with AI chatbots, but how safe are these interactions? We’re joined by two technology reporters who have been investigating troubling cases, including a California teenager whose months-long chats with ChatGPT took a tragic turn and a vulnerable man who was convinced by one of Meta’s AI female personas to “meet” in person. We look at how these tools can manipulate – or be manipulated – to cause harm, and what we’re learning about the psychological impact of AI companions.
Guests:
Kashmir Hill, features writer covering technology and privacy for the New York Times; author of "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It"
Jeff Horwitz, reporter covering tech, Reuter's Enterprise Team
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