‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How AI is changing loneliness and taste

This week, we’re bringing you two AI-related stories from our colleagues at The New York Times.

First, Rachel Abrams, host of “The Daily,” talks to Times reporter Eli Saslow about a woman in a remote part of Washington who uses an artificial intelligence robot to keep herself independent and company.

Then Times Opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman talks with New York writer Kyle Chayka and journalist and critic Sophie Haigney. They get into the rise of “chuti slop” and what will happen to culture when the internet collapses to a few chatbots serving us everything.

“Hard Fork” will return next week with an original episode.

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