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• UK comedy podcast awards The Golden Lobes are open for entries. In 2025, winners included both solo creators and global platforms; the awards now have a wider number of categories (including a 'Best International Show' for shows made outside the UK), and the prize isn't just a trophy, but £5000 worth of prizes.
• Sony Playstation has been awarded a patent to use AI to present podcasts from game characters. Here's the patent in full. The podcasts would be personalised, and not available via RSS.
• YouTube has removed a number of "AI slop" channels from its platform. It's removed sixteen channels, which had a total of 4.7 billion views.

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