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2025: Dystopian Tech of the Year

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Artificial intelligence boosters spent the year wedging the tech into our lives – whether we wanted it or not. But one new product brought A.I. from every app and website into the meatspace, forcing you to face it eye-to-eye.


Guest: Nitish Pahwa, staff writer at Slate covering business and technology


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