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How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd
Episode August 19, 2026 31 min 38s

How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

From It Could Happen Here • Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies.

Sources: 

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 

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