{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Why Cute Mascots Are the New Faces of AI","description":"Along with new AI agents and tools, Meta Platforms, OpenAI, and Anthropic are rolling out mascots. It’s part of an effort to put a cuddlier face on AI tools (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech-companies-roll-out-cuddly-mascots-to-ease-ai-anxiety-02e163fd?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) amid the rise in anxieties about the technology. WSJ advertising editor Suzanne Vranica (https://www.wsj.com/news/author/suzanne-vranica?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) joins to discuss how fuzzy little guys could help make the technology feel less scary to skeptics.\n\nSign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter (https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) .\n\nHosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","author_name":"Tech News Briefing","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/2358976-tech-news-briefing","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/8155890/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8961999/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"></iframe>"}