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Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (145+ words) Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them to a higher spiritual realm....
Live episode: how AI is reshaping our minds – podcast
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (217+ words) In this episode of Science Weekly, recorded in front of an audience at the London podcast festival on 3 September, Ian Sample hears from Michael Safi, the host of the Guardian’s chart-topping podcast about artificial intelligence, Black Box. In series two,…...
Black Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 1 – podcast
1+ week, 2+ day ago (149+ words) Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them to a higher spiritual realm....
Black Box: episode 1 – The connectionists – podcast
2+ week, 5+ day ago (271+ words) Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi looks into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for societyToday in Focus is on a summer break and will be back with new episodes from 1 September. In the meantime,…...
Black Box: The Chatbots | Happy Accident | Ep 3 – podcast
1+ week, 2+ day ago (162+ words) Why are AI chatbots pulling so many people down a rabbit hole? Our answer starts with the world’s first-ever chatbot, the strange effect it had on people and the ‘time bomb’ that exploded when ChatGPT was released four years ago....
Black Box: The Chatbots | 14 days | Ep 2 – podcast
1+ week, 2+ day ago (113+ words) Virginia man Jon Ganz was rebuilding his life after spending more than two decades in prison for a horrific crime. Last year, he got a prompt on his phone that his wife, Rachel, believes changed their lives forever. It was…...
Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots – podcast
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (156+ words) From the Guardian Investigates team: Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them…...
Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5 – podcast
1+ week, 2+ day ago (103+ words) Five stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup, listen like a friend, be a life coach, draft a difficult text message and do our work,…...
Black Box: episode 2 – The hunt for ClothOff, the deepfake porn app – podcast
2+ week, 4+ day ago (289+ words) Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi looks into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for societyToday in Focus is on a summer break and will be back with new episodes from 1 September. In the meantime,…...
Black Box: episode 6 – Shut it down? – podcast
1+ week, 5+ day ago (202+ words) Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi looks into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for societyToday in Focus is on a summer break and will be back with new episodes from 1 September. In the meantime,…...