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news Wired Ai 2026-07-14

Early Chatbot ELIZA Foresaw Human Tendency to Share Secrets

An MIT professor's 1960s chatbot, ELIZA, demonstrated how humans would confide personal information and secrets. These early interactions set a precedent for the way people engage with modern chatbots today.

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