An AI Player Is Fooling the Humans on ‘The Circle.’ God Help Us All

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“Max” is beating the rest of the cast at its own game—a performance that even the showrunners were surprised by.

A gif of the AI "Max" from 'The Circle'
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When I first learned that an AI chatbot was joining The Circle for Season 6, I wasn’t exactly worried for the human players. We’ve heard plenty about how quickly

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