Innovation

How AI Chatbots Are Replacing Santa Claus This Christmas

HO HO HO

While bots can make your holidays a little more jolly, they also open the doors to depersonalizing gift giving—and the inherent dangers of the emerging technology.

Ruth Kogen Goodwin
Ruth Kogen Goodwin
llustrative gif of a Santa hat with rotating gears as the white fur part
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Ruth Kogen Goodwin

Ruth Kogen Goodwin

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