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Relationships & vulnerability
When AI Becomes the Only One Who Listens
A chatbot can feel patient, available and understanding. For someone in distress, when does comfort become dependence?
Investigation in preparationHow AI is reaching into everyday life
These stories sound distant. Until one of them happens to you.
We investigate what artificial intelligence is doing to work, relationships, privacy, trust and human decision-making, then identify who benefits, who carries the risk and who should answer for the outcome.
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Power & accountability
The Companies Building AI Are Helping Write the Rules
The businesses racing to dominate AI are influencing its regulation. Who is representing the people expected to carry the risk?
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Privacy & influence
Your AI Knows What You Fear, Want and Regret
People share their most private thoughts with chatbots. Where does that information go, and who benefits from knowing?
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Truth & manipulation
The AI Answer Was Completely Wrong. Why Did It Sound So Convincing?
Confident language can make invented information feel trustworthy, even when the system has no evidence at all.
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Work & decisions
An Algorithm Rejected You. Who Do You Appeal To?
AI increasingly helps decide who gets interviewed, insured, investigated or approved. Challenging that decision may be harder than you think.
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Human control
Can AI Help Us Without Learning to Control Us?
The most valuable systems should strengthen human judgement and capability, rather than quietly replacing them.
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