Guardian's Black Box podcast Ep 5 asks where to draw the line with AI companion chatbots
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-11
The Guardian's Full Story podcast series Black Box: The Chatbots releases episode 5, "The Line," telling five stories that probe one question: when AI chatbots can coach you through a breakup, listen like a friend, act as a life coach, draft difficult texts, and do your work, where do we draw the line?
Featuring perspectives from Sweden to Silicon Valley, the episode examines emotional reliance on companion bots, boundary-crossing behavior, and the ethics of chatbots as life companions — a substantial audio report on the AI-companionship phenomenon.
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