Under the Influence Season 2

Under the Influence Season 2

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Can a Chatbot Love You Back?

Bridget Todd used to read the headlines about people proposing to ChatGPT and write those people off as sad and strange. Then she heard tech leaders describe AI companionship as the future they are building for everyone, and realized dismissing it was not a plan. This week we tal ...  Show more

The Lone Liberal on Fox News Wrote the Book on Disagreeing Better

Jessica Tarlov has one of the strangest jobs in American media. Five days a week she sits at a table on Fox News' The Five as the lone liberal, arguing in front of millions of people who mostly do not agree with her. Everyone asks her the same question, and it comes from both par ...  Show more

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