She asked people to write down their AI secrets. The confessions came pouring in.

Business Insider | 03-09-2026 11:23am |

Olivia Tai, a 26-year-old artist from San Francisco, has been collecting anonymous confessions about AI use from strangers across the US for her art project 'What We Tell AI'. She set up a sign in a San Jose mall and asked people to write down their AI secrets, which included cloning an ex-boyfriend's voice, lying to a manager, and dating a chatbot. Tai scanned the notes and uploaded them to a website, where they are displayed. The project aims to explore the private and sometimes shameful ways people interact with AI.

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