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Are Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Safe? | IFLScience The Big Questions

We talk to Professor Hannah Fry about how people use chatbots, and what they might be telling us.

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RACHAEL FUNNELL

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.

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Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.

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As more people turn to AI chatbots, can we trust what they tell us?

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We live in an age of large language model artificial intelligence, making it possible to have lengthy conversations with a computer. These systems will discuss anything you want. Recipes. How-to guides. Even medical advice. But can we trust what they are saying?

Host Rachael Funnell speaks to Professor Hannah Fry, presenter of the BBC series AI Confidential, to find out how AI chatbots can and have become a part of people’s lives, and what can happen when such a relationship takes a turn.

Are AI chatbots safe? That is certainly a Big Question.

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