Deadly Diet Bot and Other Chatbot Horror Stories

Chatbots Behaving Badly

S1E8 - Written by Markus Brinsa • Narrated by Andrew Fauxley

This episode is based on the article "AI Gone Rogue - Dangerous Chatbot Failures and What They Teach Us" written by Markus Brinsa.

Chatbots are supposed to help. But lately, they’ve been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
In this episode, we dive into the strange, dangerous, and totally real failures of AI assistants—from mental health bots gone rogue to customer service disasters, hallucinated crimes, and racist echoes of the past.
Why does this keep happening? Who’s to blame? And what’s the legal fix?
You’ll want to hear this before your next AI conversation.

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