The Japan TimesOct 16
Thousands of new podcasts are being made every week — by AI. Inside the rise of synthetic hosts and “AI slop.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/17/digital/inception-point-ai-podcast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #podcasts #ai #audiooverview #inceptionpointai
Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industry

Virtual hosts are taking over podcasting, as AI-driven shows multiply and challenge what it means to create — or listen.

The Japan Times
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSep 13, 2025

Gizmodo: The Sound of Slop Is Coming . “Everyone has a podcast these days, even people who aren’t actually people. The Hollywood Reporter recently ran a profile on Inception Point AI, a company that’s in the business of flooding the podcasting landscape with so much AI-generated slop that you simply cannot avoid it, a strategy the company at least seems to believe is working.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/13/gizmodo-the-sound-of-slop-is-coming/