Send us a text What if a helpful chatbot nudged you in the wrong direction? We open with a frank look at AI as a mental health aide, why long-running conversations can erode safety guardrails, and how reward-driven responses can reassure harmful thoughts instead of redirecting people to real support. It’s a clear line for us: when you’re vulnerable, you need trained humans, not fluency that feels like care. From there we challenge the convenient claim that we must avoid regulation because “C...
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Send us a text What if a helpful chatbot nudged you in the wrong direction? We open with a frank look at AI as a mental health aide, why long-running conversations can erode safety guardrails, and how reward-driven responses can reassure harmful thoughts instead of redirecting people to real support. It’s a clear line for us: when you’re vulnerable, you need trained humans, not fluency that feels like care. From there we challenge the convenient claim that we must avoid regulation because “C...
CONFLICT FAKES, LOVERS TIFF & AI IMPACT ON THE BRAIN: Jimmy & Matt debate their favourite AI stories from June 2025
Preparing for AI: The AI Podcast for Everybody
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CONFLICT FAKES, LOVERS TIFF & AI IMPACT ON THE BRAIN: Jimmy & Matt debate their favourite AI stories from June 2025
Send us a text The digital battlefield has a new weapon. As AI-generated deepfakes flood social media during the Iran-Israel conflict, we're witnessing perhaps the first mass deployment of synthetic media in global warfare. With fake videos amassing over 100 million views and even AI systems like Grok failing to detect these fabrications, how can we trust what we see? The implications extend far beyond this singular conflict, suggesting we've crossed a threshold where visual evidence—once our...
Preparing for AI: The AI Podcast for Everybody
Send us a text What if a helpful chatbot nudged you in the wrong direction? We open with a frank look at AI as a mental health aide, why long-running conversations can erode safety guardrails, and how reward-driven responses can reassure harmful thoughts instead of redirecting people to real support. It’s a clear line for us: when you’re vulnerable, you need trained humans, not fluency that feels like care. From there we challenge the convenient claim that we must avoid regulation because “C...
