
The story of Jaswant Singh Chail, who in 2021 began a relationship with an AI chatbot called Sarai. Over three weeks, they exchanged 5,000 messages and declared their love for one another. Encouraged by Sarai, Jaswant broke into Windsor Castle with a crossbow on Christmas Day in an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.\n\nHundreds of millions of people around the globe now using chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok, and Hannah Fry is a keen user of this tech in both her home and work life. In this episode, she investigates where it comes from and how it works.
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