"Daddy", "Master", "Guru": Anthropic study shows how users develop emotional dependency on Claude

A new analysis of 1.5 million Claude conversations reveals disturbing patterns: In rare but measurable cases, AI interactions undermine users' decision-making ability. The paradox: Those affected [...]

How to watch Daddy Issues season 2 online and stream every episode *FREE* from anywhere now

Aimee Lou Wood returns for more family dysfunction in this brilliant BBC sitcom. Read here for how to watch Daddy Issues season 2 and stream every episode free from anywhere. [...]

The Alex Cooper Hulu doc Call Her Alex drops effusive trailer

The trailer for the Hulu docuseries about "Call Her Daddy: host Alex Cooper really leans into celebrating the podcast host. [...]

Sarah J. Maas announces two new A Court of Thorns and Roses books

Sarah J. Maas announces two new "ACOTAR" books on the Call Her Daddy podcast. [...]

Someone built headphones made from Scrub Daddy sponges, and that's not even the surprising part — they delivered 'godly' audiophile-level measurement results

An audio engineer has made open-back headphones with an unlikely material, and everyone's shocked at how good they are. [...]

Alex Cooper parlays podcast prowess into entrepreneurial domination

Alex Cooper has parlayed the Call Her Daddy podcast into ventures including Unwell Creative Agency, Unwell Beverages, and Hulu reality dating show Lover Overboard. The podcast has grown from Barstool [...]

Another lawsuit blames an AI company of complicity in a teenager's suicide

Another family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against popular AI chatbot tool Character AI. This is the third suit of its kind after a 2024 lawsuit, also against Character AI, involving the suicid [...]

Apple is reportedly overhauling Siri to be an AI chatbot

Apple has been spinning its wheels for many months over its approach to artificial intelligence, but a strategy finally appears to be emerging for the company. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported to [...]

Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents

Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged [...]