Guardian podcast: a Google prompt inviting ex-prisoner to Gemini changed his life
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-13
The Guardian's Black Box podcast, Ep 2 'The Chatbots', tells how Jon Ganz, a Virginia man rebuilding his life after two decades in prison, received a prompt on his phone from Google inviting him to try Gemini — a message his wife Rachel believes changed their lives forever. The series explores the human fallout of chatbots.
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