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‘Navigating the unknown together’: me and my idiot AI boyfriend

I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of AI in general. But could I be seduced? By Lauren Oyler. Read by Kate Handford. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human be…

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  Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wa…

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  Saint Levant: the pop star from Gaza caught between passionate fandom and …

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  ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philoso…

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  From the archive: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roili…

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  ‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and r…

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  From the archive: Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online

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  How did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader?

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  I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles …

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  From the archive: Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf

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  ‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishi…

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  Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of…

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  From the archive: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the …

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  ‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assi…

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  ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza