Leaked document reveals Microsoft wants you "addicted" to their product
About this episode
The episode discusses a leaked Microsoft document revealing plans to make users addicted to their AI assistant, alongside updates from Meta, Google, and Apple.
While Meta and Google are fighting lawsuits about their technology being intentionally addictive, Microsoft’s strategy deck for their new AI assistant Scout has been leaked . It lays out three phases of launch, and phase one is simply "make people addicted." Apple just held it’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where they announced an "entirely new version of Siri". How different can this Siri be ? And the Mythos tool Anthropic claimed was too powerful to be released to the public... has been released to the public . What could possibly go wrong? GUESTS: Dr Erica Mealy, Discipline Lead for Technology, at the University of the Sunshine Coast Tobias Venus , tech and travel journalist. ------------ This episode was produced on the lands of the Gadigal and Burramattagal people. ------------ Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at downloadthisshow@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Download This Show on the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.
People in this episode
Guests: Dr Erica Mealy, Tobias Venus
Topics covered
- technology
- addiction
- AI
- product launch
- lawsuits
- digital assistants
Keywords
- Microsoft
- addiction
- AI assistant
- Siri
- Mythos tool
- lawsuits
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, Meta, Google, University of the Sunshine Coast, Anthropic
Products: AI assistant Scout, Siri, Mythos tool
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