Chatbait is the new clickbait — here’s how chatbots are keeping you hooked

We’ve all seen clickbait headlines. I’m certainly guilty of falling for headlines that deliver intrigue and little else. Now, with chatbots integrated into our daily lives, the same tactics are sneaking into our conversations with AI.

Instead of bold fonts and sensational claims, we’re getting something known as “chatbait” — bots that push you to stay in the conversation longer than you intended.

It might seem like ChatGPT actually cares about what you’re working on when it asks, “Want me to create a shorter summary?” or “Would you like me to turn that into a social media post?”

And while there are ways to stop those annoying questions at the end of every transaction, the shift raises new questions about privacy, manipulation and what it means when your assistant is trying to get you ho