2026-08-25
This is The Guardian.
Hey, this is Michael Safi, host of The Guardian Investigates, and I have some news.
We've made a brand new series of Black Box, our chart-topping podcast about the way AI is reshaping our lives.
This time, it's about this sort of extraordinary change that's happened right under our noses.
More than a billion people suddenly talking to machines, sharing with them their deepest secrets.
Maybe you are too.
Black Box, the chatbots, is coming very soon on the Guardian Investigates feed.
And because Today in Focus is off this week, we're bringing you the first season of Black Box instead.
These episodes are exactly as we broadcast them back in 2024. And just to note,
some of the laws and regulations around AI that we talk about in the episode have been amended since then.
Black Box is next.
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