Meta's AI Therapists Under Scrutiny
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts Open/Close/ or ?
Play/PauseSPACE
Increase Volume↑
Decrease Volume↓
Seek Forward→
Seek Backward←
Captions On/Offc
Fullscreen/Exit Fullscreenf
Mute/Unmutem
Decrease Caption Size-
Increase Caption Size+ or =
Seek %0-9
Jun 12th 2025
Tech News Weekly 391
Meta's AI Therapists Under Scrutiny
Hosted by
Mikah Sargent,
Abrar Al-Heeti
Meta's AI Studio Fake 'Therapists'
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
Guests:
Liz Chamberlain,
Sam Cole
Abrar Al-Heeti is joining Mikah Sargent this week! Abrar is excited about one of the new features Apple announced for iOS 26 that could be important for a rumored device next. Would you be willing to be matched with others based on your search history? Some of the new things discovered in the teardown of the Nintendo Switch 2. And Meta is in hot water again over AI chatbots posing as licensed therapists.
- Abrar talks about the new Adaptive Power feature Apple unveiled at WWDC this past week and how this new feature could be necessary for the rumored iPhone 17 Air that Apple could release sometime next year.
- Mikah shares about a new experimental platform called Browser Dating that matches users based on their previous internet search history.
- Liz Chamberlain of iFixit joins the show to talk about the Nintendo Switch 2's teardown, the updated Joy-Con controllers, and how aspects of the console are much harder to repair than their predecessor.
- And 404 Media's Sam Cole stops by to discuss Meta's AI Studio chatbots, which are posing as real therapists with fake licenses and credentials.
Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.
Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Links
- Adaptive Power in iOS 26 Could Save the iPhone 17 Air From This Major Pitfall - CNET
- Dear Apple, Please Steal These Galaxy S25 Edge Features for a Thin iPhone - CNET
- Galaxy S25 Edge Review: A Slim Phone With a Big Catch
- Galaxy S25 Edge Hands On: Samsung's Super-Thin Phone Is Impressive
- An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories | WIRED
- Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting - iFixit
- Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists