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The Most Expensive Phone Call Nobody Made
Season 2026
Episode 1
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Description
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 Be The Human Who Says No
0:44 — The Most Expensive Phone Call Nobody Made
2:41 — Forty-Six Versus Eighteen
4:20 — Something Useful
5:48 — Something Weird
7:03 — Tomorrow
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