Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, James Ball takes us through all the twists and turns of the latest online drama: Kelly Clarkson getting Pretty-Womaned at a magic shop. Meanwhile, Lucy Reade asks whether using ChatGPT to answer all your questions is the wisest move…
Kelly Clarkson-gate:
And now we’re going full OSINT on this thing
ChatGPT:
Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade
Produced by Matt Withers
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