How AI could affect the loneliness epidemic

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Episode • May 19, 2023 • 11m

One potential use of AI is to help individuals who are lonely or isolated, but as Axios' Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried explains, there are perils to beware, too.

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Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev and Ina Fried.

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