Lauren Kunze, CEO of Pandorabots, discusses the growth of Pandorabots as a leading chatbot development platform with collaborations with global brands. The podcast explores the versatility of chatbots, their role in combating loneliness, and the challenges of building good chatbots. It also covers integrating chatbots in companies, breakthroughs in natural language processing, and the rise of virtual chatbots and virtual talents.

Experts in social media bots, Lauren Kunze and Jenn Schiffer, along with researcher Lisa-Maria Neudert, political bot CEO Jack Hirsch, and bot authority Ben Nimmo discuss the influence of bots on politics and online discourse. Topics covered include the rise of social media bots, identifying and countering bot activities, the impact of bots on the 2016 election and net neutrality, and the transformative power of the internet.