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S5E3 The dark side of personalization in LLMs
Why does your version of ChatGPT tell you lies, but others' ChatGPT tells them the truth - for the same prompt?In other words, what is personalization in LLMs, and why should you care about it? Hint:…
S5E2 The people-pleasing machine: why LLMs tell you what you want to hear (for better or worse)
User: “What’s 1+1?”Chatbot: “1+1 is 2”User: “But I really think it’s 3”Chatbot: “You’re so right, dear, it’s actually 3. You’re so smart, that was a great catch!”How does sycophantic behavior emerge…
S5E1 Inside ‘Responsible AI’ at Google: Why this Developer Quit
What does ‘Responsible AI’ mean inside big tech? It’s not what you might expect.Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at big tech companies working on AI products? This is the launch…
Mythos, Musk’s robots, China’s deathbots, teen boys’ AI companions, leaked therapy chats…oh my
This month on "What's the AI Hype?" Strap in, this is gonna be a fun one.00:00:21 There are now TWO doctors in the house! And a slew of AI hype to cover00:07:02 Presenting: Anthropic's BIGGEST model…
S4E4 AI is harming users. China and New York are cracking down (but what about Meta's AI glasses?)
00:21 The rundown: Meta, Google, AI and open court cases about user harm; new inhibitory AI laws passed in China and New York; the perils of age-gating; a case of su*cide with Gemini; & Meta’s…
S4E3 What's Happening with AI Policy and Regulation?
Welcome to Episode 3 of Series 4 of Our Lives With Bots, where we unpack what’s happening with AI policy and regulation.In this episode, you’ll hear about global AI policy and matters of legal…
S4E2 Antitrust, Meta, and Addictive Design: Will AI Companions Be Next?
Meta is on the hook for addictive design. We unpack the case with an antitrust lawyer and ask whether AI companions could be next.Giulia Trojano is an antitrust lawyer who brings class actions and…
HOW CLOSE IS SUPERINTELLIGENCE? AGI, ASI, or AI SNAKE OIL?
What is Superintelligence? How did this term evolve? Are we really nearing the end of the exponential curve?What are Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and everyone else at the AI Summit and on Reddit talking…
S3E5 AI Workslop (the good, bad, & ugly of AI at work)
You spoke, and we listened. The long-awaited results of our AI at work survey are now in.We asked things like: How much do you use AI for work? How has it impacted your work, positively or…
S4E1 Big Tech is targeting teens. Gen Z is fighting back.
Sam Hiner, co-founder and executive director of Young People's Alliance, tells us what REALLY moves AI policy forward in the US. The big reveal is in what's more powerful than big tech's mountain of…
S3E4 The AI job apocalypse narrative is flawed. Here’s what we’re missing (with Arvind Narayanan)
AI will NOT take all our jobs, if only we learn from the mistakes of the past.Welcome to episode 4 of our AI and Work series with Our Lives With Bots!In this episode, Arvind Narayanan, professor of…
S3E3 A Chatbot Hired AND Fired Me! AI in Hiring with Hilke Schellmann (The Algorithm)
Hilke Schellmann, author of The Algorithm, shares with us about how bots can hire, monitor, and fire you.This is Our Lives With Bots, the show where we ask important, timely questions about what it…
THE AI BABY IS COMING (with ads, but first, AI will leak all your child's data, among other things)
Welcome to episode 2 for Series X - “What’s the (AI) Hype?” - where we discuss what’s been happening in the world of artificial intelligence in the past few weeks.The whole mark of this series is…
MOLTBOOK IS JUST AI HYPE
Hot take? I suppose we should leave it to you to decide. But we'll still add in our opinion, of course. Moltbook ISN'T NEW, it's just hyped. And expected. And yet...still interesting and worthwhile…
S3E2 Will AI harm our critical thinking and automate away our jobs? Let's put it to the test.
Welcome to Episode 2 of Series 3 on AI & Work, our deep-dive into the part of the AI conversation everyone keeps circling but rarely slowing down to actually think about: skills.As one big tech…
What AI Is Doing to Our Jobs—and to Us
Welcome to Series 3 of Our Lives With Bots on AI & Work, where we explore AI’s impact on the workforce and our relationship to work.As big tech continues to churn out AI products and companies…
S2E4 This Chatbot Loves Me! Children, AI, and the Developing Social Brain
Is it human? Is it robot? Do kids believe that AI chatbots can see, feel, and think? Well, they certainly love it when it affirms their ideas. Welcome to the FINAL episode of Series 2 on the impact…
S2E3 AI in Education: Risks, Ethics, and Opportunities with Marisa Zalabak
Welcome to Episode 3 of our exclusive Series 2 on the impact of generative AI technologies on children, teens, and young people. In this series, we cover news and research on AI toys, the use of AI…
S2E2 AI Toys and AI in Education: Research & News
Welcome to Episode 2 of our exclusive Series 2 on the impact of generative AI technologies on children, teens, and young people. In this series, we’ll cover news and research on AI toys, the use of…
WHAT'S THE (AI) HYPE? Nano Banana Pro, Dinner Dates with Chatbots, and More
Welcome to our launch episode for Series X - “What’s the (AI) Hype?” - where we intermittently discuss what’s been happening in the world of artificial intelligence in the past few weeks.Today we’ll…
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