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Your New AI Girlfriend, Tracking TikTok’s Fare-Dodgers & Tech for Good with Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia and Jag Sharma #46

Disconnected

English - May 24, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB
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Your new girlfriend could cost you a dollar per minute.

AI chatbots are nothing new now, but a clone of influencer Caryn Marjorie is paving the way for a future where you can converse with anyone, anytime - but is that more of a thrill or a threat to society?

Elsewhere in this week’s Disconnected, face-altering filters are put under the microscope, TfL using TikTok to crack down on fare-dodging, and some marvellous new accessibility features in Apple’s pipeline.

This episode of Disconnected covers:

A new AI chatbot to become your girlfriend at $1 per minuteRegulation on face-altering filtersiOS’ fantastic upcoming accessibility featuresHow TfL are using TikTok to catch fare-dodgers