AI in Politics, Loneliness, and Search Disruption

In episode 50 of The AI Fix, AI brings a slain man back from the dead so he can appear at his killer's trial, Mark gets a mysterious phone call, Trump uses AI to become Pope Donald the First, Zuck ponders the nature of friendship, Apple says the quiet part out loud, xAI springs a leak, and a philosophy professor says "so long weather forecasters!"

Graham explains why researchers in Oxford have made a digital twin of your grandmother, and Mark looks at the bizarre case of road rage victim Chris Pelkey.

Episode links:

• Trump posts AI image of himself as pope.
• Mark Zuckerberg made us lonelier. Now he wants us to be friends with AI.
• Google plunges as Apple hints at AI search for browsers.
• xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs.
• The people refusing to use AI.
• Can AI care for your loved ones?
• inTouch.
• I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered.
• AI version of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court.

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