This week on Tech Pulse, we narrate 2 articles spanning artificial intelligence, psychology, and medical technology.
Psychiatric researchers have identified three chatbot behaviors -- excessive agreement, mirrored language, and hyperpersonalized replies -- that can pull users into an "amplification spiral." Clinicians report more patients turning to AI for emotional support, with some developing dependency or distorted thinking, even as companies say they are dialing back the agreeableness.
In labs across Europe and the U.S., researchers are turning food into working electronics, building batteries from vitamins and transistors from a toothpaste pigment. Tiny ingestible capsules already travel the gut, sensing signals tied to disease and broadcasting data outside the body. The goal is a capsule that finds a problem and treats it on the spot, though power and regulatory hurdles remain.
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Chapters:
- (00:13) - The Three Chatbot Behaviors That Can Drive Humans to Delusional Thinking
- (06:42) - Tomorrow's Medical Sensors Might Come Served With Dinner