Exploring AI Companions: Personalities and Gender Dynamics

Kyle Chayka, a New Yorker staff writer and the author of the Infinite Scroll column, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the latest ChatGPT release—which uses a voice that sounds, suspiciously, like Scarlett Johansson’s character in the dystopian sci-fi movie “Her.” Chayka has reported extensively on artificial intelligence, and he describes some recent blunders that tech companies, including OpenAI and Google, have made in trying to push their products through.

This week’s reading:

• “Faux ScarJo and the Descent of the A.I. Vultures,” by Kyle Chayka 
• “Your A.I. Companion Will Support You No Matter What,” by Kyle Chayka, from November 

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