Episode 66
It's been six months since our last all-Hell episode! In honor of Halloween season, we take a long journey into the very scary Fresh AI Hell mines. Topics include terrifying uses of AI in education, scientific research, and politics — plus, some delicious palate cleansers along the way.
AI bubble: bigger than dot-com bust?
No one wants to pay for ChatGPT
Meta lays off 600 from AI unit
AI data centers: an even bigger disaster than we thought
Public universities anticipate data center-driven power outages
Chaser: Deloitte has to pay back Albanese government after using AI in report
"AI" schools are "dead classrooms"
Fake sources in "ethical AI" education report
Parents letting kids play with AI
Startup sells 'synthetic influencers'
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade
Chaser: "High-reliability" AI slop
Nature offers "AI-powered research assistant"
AI bots wrote all papers at this conference
AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and POC
Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT
Chaser: Microsoft blocks Israel's use of its technology
German initiative uses "AI" for voter education
Police gunshot detection mics will listen for human voices
SF's AI chatbot for RV dwellers
Cuomo campaign posts racist AI slop
DHS Ordered OpenAI To Share User Data
Chaser: LA County moves to limit license plate tracking
"AI Superintelligence" prohibition letter
Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery
Chaser: The hot new trend in marketing: hating on AI
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Emily
Alex
Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.
Published on 11 hours ago
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