Three assessments of the online world

ll internet users will recognise that things are getting worse online. Google searches now require scrolling through AI word soup and sponsored adverts at the top of results, while Facebook has become

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Picture the scene: man forms bond with AI therapist. AI therapist coaches man to tragic end. It could be a Black Mirror episode. Only, this isn’t pure fiction. Increasingly, worryingly, men are outsourcing their mental health needs to non-sentient AI chatbots. Is this the future of therapy or a step closer to a dystopian future?

It was one of those discussions on the PC Pro Discord channel (pcpro.link/discord) that spilled into the pub with the requisite beer. Given that Microsoft has announced, to a not entirely enthusiastic

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