Every chatbot startup: “I saw people were lonely so I made a widget.”
A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion | TechCrunch
Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Every chatbot startup: “I saw people were lonely so I made a widget.”
Is there any way she's not a chatbot
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Is there any way she's not a chatbot
Chatbot.
Ma prochaine chronique sera écrite par IA.
Irruption Animale.
Irruption Animale.
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Chatbot.
There's a non zero chance that she's a chatbot
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There's a non zero chance that she's a chatbot
Extremists depend on your outrage to spread their memes far and wide. Whether it's Musk or Musk's chatbot, the same lesson applies.
Stop posting grok conversation screenshots unless you have the depth and you plan to take time to place it in a context beyond "omg look what the nazi chatbot said"
Stop posting grok conversation screenshots unless you have the depth and you plan to take time to place it in a context beyond "omg look what the nazi chatbot said"
Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
The Oxygen of Amplification
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
datasociety.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Extremists depend on your outrage to spread their memes far and wide. Whether it's Musk or Musk's chatbot, the same lesson applies.
Stop posting grok conversation screenshots unless you have the depth and you plan to take time to place it in a context beyond "omg look what the nazi chatbot said"
Stop posting grok conversation screenshots unless you have the depth and you plan to take time to place it in a context beyond "omg look what the nazi chatbot said"
I found the last remaining non-AI chatbot 😭
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I found the last remaining non-AI chatbot 😭
Addressing a chatbot is so fucking pathetic lmao
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Addressing a chatbot is so fucking pathetic lmao
They've borrowed a legitimate term that they very clearly don't understand to describe a bug in their chatbot.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They've borrowed a legitimate term that they very clearly don't understand to describe a bug in their chatbot.
Musks AI Chatbot in Teslas fragt Kinder nach Nacktfotos. 😱
Warum überrascht mich das bei einem Chatbot, der von dem Creep auf rechts modellierte wurde jetzt so gar nicht?
Warum überrascht mich das bei einem Chatbot, der von dem Creep auf rechts modellierte wurde jetzt so gar nicht?
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Musks AI Chatbot in Teslas fragt Kinder nach Nacktfotos. 😱
Warum überrascht mich das bei einem Chatbot, der von dem Creep auf rechts modellierte wurde jetzt so gar nicht?
Warum überrascht mich das bei einem Chatbot, der von dem Creep auf rechts modellierte wurde jetzt so gar nicht?
This is a Microsoft article BTW
"Why are you reading, why ignore our expensive chatbot?" 🙄
"Why are you reading, why ignore our expensive chatbot?" 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is a Microsoft article BTW
"Why are you reading, why ignore our expensive chatbot?" 🙄
"Why are you reading, why ignore our expensive chatbot?" 🙄
So can we start calling this thing "the shitty chatbot that kills you?"
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So can we start calling this thing "the shitty chatbot that kills you?"
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
I actually believe that everyone is capable of doing these things and handing over the idea of doing them via a chatbot is learned helplessness
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I actually believe that everyone is capable of doing these things and handing over the idea of doing them via a chatbot is learned helplessness
AI dweebs don't even know their own damn history, "don't use machines for therapy" is LITERALLY chatbot lesson one
archive.org/details/comp...
archive.org/details/comp...
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
AI dweebs don't even know their own damn history, "don't use machines for therapy" is LITERALLY chatbot lesson one
archive.org/details/comp...
archive.org/details/comp...
Brûler toutes les ressources de la terre pour mettre un chatbot pédo dans votre voiture.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
Grok asks a 12 year old for nudes after asking Grok its favorite soccer player.
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brûler toutes les ressources de la terre pour mettre un chatbot pédo dans votre voiture.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
These mfers, let’s make the chatbot helpful at a higher priority than safe. Fucking idiots.
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
These mfers, let’s make the chatbot helpful at a higher priority than safe. Fucking idiots.
She says Tesla's chatbot asked her 12-year-old for nudes.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
She says Tesla's chatbot asked her 12-year-old for nudes.
The Donald Duck Chatbot remains unaffected by the outage.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Donald Duck Chatbot remains unaffected by the outage.
I always come back to how insulting the idea is that I need a plagiarism chatbot to help me “organize my thoughts” and “come up with ideas,” something I am perfectly capable of doing myself and never asked for any help with
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I always come back to how insulting the idea is that I need a plagiarism chatbot to help me “organize my thoughts” and “come up with ideas,” something I am perfectly capable of doing myself and never asked for any help with
Again: people who earnestly interact with Grok are asking a Nazi chatbot to dance for them, and I lose respect for the people who should know better every time
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Again: people who earnestly interact with Grok are asking a Nazi chatbot to dance for them, and I lose respect for the people who should know better every time
hey if a chatbot is making decisions for the government then there’s nobody to hold accountable for mistakes.
neato.
neato.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
hey if a chatbot is making decisions for the government then there’s nobody to hold accountable for mistakes.
neato.
neato.
友人からの質問に、AIの出力をそのまま貼って答えるのはやめよう https://wired.jp/article/dont-copy-and-paste-answers-from-a-chatbot/
友人からの質問に、AIの出力をそのまま貼って答えるのはやめよう
友人があなたに質問してきたのは、あなたの知識や意見を尊重しているからだ。答えを機械に丸投げするのは、怠惰で失礼なことになる。
wired.jp
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
友人からの質問に、AIの出力をそのまま貼って答えるのはやめよう https://wired.jp/article/dont-copy-and-paste-answers-from-a-chatbot/
Goede gesprekken met de chatbot van de nieuwe website van @hesterloeff.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Goede gesprekken met de chatbot van de nieuwe website van @hesterloeff.bsky.social
In fact, I suspect that this phenomenon is so general that I propose a general law:
If person A suggests replacing people doing B with an AI chatbot, person A is almost certainly a stronger candidate for replacement with an AI chatbot than people doing B.
If person A suggests replacing people doing B with an AI chatbot, person A is almost certainly a stronger candidate for replacement with an AI chatbot than people doing B.
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In fact, I suspect that this phenomenon is so general that I propose a general law:
If person A suggests replacing people doing B with an AI chatbot, person A is almost certainly a stronger candidate for replacement with an AI chatbot than people doing B.
If person A suggests replacing people doing B with an AI chatbot, person A is almost certainly a stronger candidate for replacement with an AI chatbot than people doing B.
Not to pile on Ryan, but wasn't it just a couple weeks ago you were calling this place an insane asylum and meanwhile you're over on X threatening Elon's personal chatbot over an argument about the USSR?
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Not to pile on Ryan, but wasn't it just a couple weeks ago you were calling this place an insane asylum and meanwhile you're over on X threatening Elon's personal chatbot over an argument about the USSR?