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18 Oct 2025

Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: Chatfishing — When AI Ghost-Writes Your Love Life

Personal Safety, Popular Culture, Relationships, Social Media, Society & Culture, Technology

Dating apps just got weirder: Artificial Intelligence is now crafting flirty texts, perfect replies and even whole relationships. Lauren Rosewarne explores “chatfishing,” the ethics of outsourced intimacy, and how to spot when a bot is doing the wooing.

Guest: Lauren Rosewarne, Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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