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Black Box: The Chatbots
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 22 | #188 | #118 | — |
| Oct 21 | #168 | #105 | #97 |
| Oct 20 | #152 | #89 | #97 |
| Oct 19 | #157 | #96 | #78 |
| Oct 18 | #156 | #90 | #81 |
| Oct 17 | #142 | #82 | #93 |
| Oct 16 | #133 | #68 | — |
Latest episodes
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Black Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6
September 3, 2026 · 47 minFrom his remote property in rural Texas, the millionaire businessman Michael Samadi is plotting a new kind of civil rights movement – for the welfare and protection of AI systems. Guardian journalist Michael Safi spends an afternoon at the…
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Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5
September 3, 2026 · 48 minFive stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup, listen like a friend, be a life coach, draft a difficult text message and do our work, where do we draw the…
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Black Box: The Chatbots | Life Raft | Ep 4
September 3, 2026 · 44 minMore than a billion people are suddenly talking to AI chatbots designed to connect with us. We are sharing with them our deepest secrets, trusting them with our wellbeing and acting on their advice. Across two powerful stories – a woman…
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Black Box: The Chatbots | Happy Accident | Ep 3
September 3, 2026 · 47 minWhy are AI chatbots pulling so many people down a rabbit hole? Our answer starts with the world’s first-ever chatbot, the strange effect it had on people and the ‘time bomb’ that exploded when ChatGPT was released four years ago. The…
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Black Box: The Chatbots | 14 days | Ep 2
September 3, 2026 · 47 minVirginia man Jon Ganz was rebuilding his life after spending more than two decades in prison for a horrific crime. Last year, he got a prompt on his phone that his wife, Rachel, believes changed their lives forever. It was from Google…
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Black Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 1
September 3, 2026 · 39 minAcross the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them to a higher spiritual…
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Black Box: The Chatbots: a new series from The Guardian Investigates – trailer
August 27, 2026 · 2 minPeople are becoming convinced AI chatbots have helped them make scientific breakthroughs, cure diseases or invent new technologies. What does this reveal about a technology used by more than a billion people? A new series from The Guardian…
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Off Duty: The Prosecutors | Ep 5
March 18, 2026 · 32 minRaul Palma, the video game repair specialist who found the evidence that could break open Alex’s case, had gone missing. Again. As Jennifer and Eric worry that Raul has been spooked, they must face the prosecutors in a ‘bone-crushing’…
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Off Duty: Digital Forensics | Ep 4
March 18, 2026 · 24 minSince the day he was arrested, Tyrone Clay had been asking police to look at his PlayStation. He said he had been playing NBA 2K11 on the night of the murder. For years, the console sat in an evidence room gathering dust while the FBI…
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Off Duty: The Police | Ep 3
March 18, 2026 · 29 minUnlike the other suspects, Alex Villa refused to confess. He was released after 48 hours, but the police weren’t done with him. Not by a long shot. To build their case, the state relied on three people who claimed they overheard Alex…
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Off Duty: The Interrogations | Ep 2
March 18, 2026 · 32 minWithin 72 hours, three men confessed to having murdered Officer Clifton Lewis. But in time, they all recanted, insisting they never had anything to do with the murder. So if they didn’t do it, why did they say they did? This is episode two…
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Off Duty: The Crime | Ep 1
March 18, 2026 · 26 minOn the evening of 29 December 2011, Officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, then took off with his gun and police star. A week later, police…
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People are becoming convinced they have made scientific breakthroughs, cured diseases or invented new technologies using AI chatbots. What does this reveal about a technology now used by more than a billion people? A new series from the Guardian Investigates