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August 4, 2026 · Announcement

Synthetic Trust joins the publication catalog

Synthetic Trust: How AI Learned to Influence Human Emotion by Martin Stevens is available now. The book examines emotional influence as a designed property of modern artificial intelligence systems rather than an accident of conversation.

It sits alongside the ChatGPT series, which began with How ChatGPT Tried to Kill Me and continued with How ChatGPT Killed Me Twice in One Day. Where those volumes are personal accounts, Synthetic Trust is an argument about product design and the trust it manufactures.

The publication reflects the views and experiences of its author. It is not a statement of position by Diversified Media LLC or by any affiliated company.

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