Episode Details

Whether it’s on TikTok or Twitter, A.I.-generated content is already flooding the web. So, what happens when the technology — prone to confidently making things up — starts ingesting itself?

Then, the New York Times reporter Joe Bernstein talks about why Mark Zuckerberg wants to fight Elon Musk in a cage match.

Plus, we put ChatGPT’s recipe generation to the test with A.I. cocktails.

Today’s guests:

• Joe Bernstein is a Styles reporter at The New York Times.
• Priya Krishna is a Food staff reporter at The New York Times.

Additional reading:

• Generative A.I. is already changing the web and potentially harming itself.
• The Times’s Cooking team tried cooking recipes made by ChatGPT. The results were mixed.
• Mark Zuckerberg has been working out — and he’d like you to know about it.

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