Your New AI Girlfriend, Tracking TikTok’s Fare-Dodgers & Tech for Good with Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia and Jag Sharma #46

Your new girlfriend could cost you a dollar per minute.

AI chatbots are nothing new now, but a clone of influencer Caryn Marjorie is paving the way for a future where you can converse with anyone, anytime - but is that more of a thrill or a threat to society?

Elsewhere in this week’s Disconnected, face-altering filters are put under the microscope, TfL using TikTok to crack down on fare-dodging, and some marvellous new accessibility features in Apple’s pipeline.

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• A new AI chatbot to become your girlfriend at $1 per minute
• Regulation on face-altering filters
• iOS’ fantastic upcoming accessibility features
• How TfL are using TikTok to catch fare-dodgers