The Most Expensive Phone Call Nobody Made
A near-billion-euro Dutch fine for letting software deactivate Uber drivers, a week-long lab study where a chatbot out-charmed a trained human, and an AI phone receptionist that cannot hear Rotherham. Plus two police forces on two islands confirming, in writing, that the Cat in the Hat is not in your driveway.
In this edition
Two Police Forces Deny Existence Of Knife-Wielding Cartoon Cat
Uber Fined €825m For Letting Software Fire Drivers
GP Phone Bot Cannot Understand Yorkshire, Watchdog Says
Chatbot Romance Scammer Beat Human Operators In Week-Long Trial
Chapters
0:07 — Nobody Wants To…
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