Show Notes
The Director of QUT’S Digital Media Research Centre outlines how different chatbots take users down different wormholes when they research conspiracy theories.
Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea and The Sizzle’s Cam Wilson also dig into:
How AI is creating new modes of death and destruction in Iran
Why Pornhub is pulling out of Australia
and Atlassian’s ironic jobs purge
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