{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/697368dbf4b515342e84c1eb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"People around the world are falling in love with AI","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/1769170879518-1e193d70-4b0a-498b-959c-fca1391016f9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Over 100 million people around the world have downloaded AI companion apps. Friends, therapists, lovers ... mediums - for some, their closest connection in this life is a chatbot.</p><p><br></p><p>How did we get here?</p><p><br></p><p>Catharine Hughes is joined by James Muldoon, sociologist and author of Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our Relationships.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}