How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

Aug 19, 2026 · 31m

Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies. Sources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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