Tag: artificial_intimacy

Media Monitor: WIRED Backchannel Spotlights MIT Professor's Warning on Chatbot Reliance

16 Oct 2026 11:01 a.m. · Source: WIRED Backchannel

WIRED's Backchannel reports MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns in a new book that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots, calling it a state of emergency for humanity.

Science & Technology Media Business Artificial Intelligence Computers and Internet Social Issues Digital and Print Publishing Sherry Turkle WIRED Backchannel Artificial Intimacy chatbots MIT OpenAI Sam Altman
Harvard Gazette Highlights: Fairy Tales, CS50's AI Tutor, and Paul Giamatti

28 Sep 2026 7:01 a.m.

Harvard Gazette roundup features Maria Tatar on fairy tales, David Malan on CS50's AI tutor, Paul Giamatti on a monster role, and upcoming campus events.

Science & Technology Entertainment Media Education Artificial Intelligence Film and TV Digital and Print Publishing Computers and Internet Harvard Gazette Maria Tatar David Malan CS50 Paul Giamatti Harvard Graduate School of Education Artificial Intimacy