How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd
How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd  
Podcast: It Could Happen Here
Published On: Wed Aug 19 2026
Description: Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies. Sources:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.