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A look at Inception Point AI, whose podcast network makes 3,000 AI-made podcasts per week and has 400K subs; an episode needs only 20 listeners to turn a profit (Tess Patton/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/ai-podcasts-hosts-inception-point-ai/

An AI Podcasting Machine Is Churning Out 3,000 Episodes a Week — and People Are Listening
An AI podcasting machine is churning out 3,000 AI-made episodes a week covering weather, biographies and even Charlie Kirk.

I think Mr. Rochko has done an admirable job with Mastodon. Even when I disagreed with the direction of the project, I always found his reasoning for decisions to be well thought out and articulated. I wish him all the best. #mastodon #fediverse

My next chapter with Mastodon
Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.

Impact of a transient neonatal visual deprivation on the development of the ventral occipito-temporal cortex in humans https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65468-7 "while EVC is permanently affected by early deprivation, categorical coding in VOTC shows resilience"; <…

Impact of a transient neonatal visual deprivation on the development of the ventral occipito-temporal cortex in humans - Nature Communications
This study shows that transient blindness at birth leaves lasting effects on early visual functions, while higher visual regions encoding categories remain unaffected, revealing different sensitive periods for different functions in vision.

Diarycast - Summer Catch-up (2020-09-25) - Lots of catching up after one (UK) break rather than three, D3, a sound walk and bats, and more! #podcast #soundscape #lockdown2020 -

Diarycast - Summer Catch-up (2020-09-25)
Lots of catching up after one (UK) break rather than three, D3, a sound walk and bats, and more! #podcast #soundscape #lockdown2020

"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped, the fact they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value." https://www.anildash.com//20…

The Majority AI View
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

A look at Inception Point AI, whose podcast network makes 3,000 AI-made podcasts per week and has 400K subs; an episode needs only 20 listeners to turn a profit (Tess Patton/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/ai-podcasts-hosts-inception-point-ai/

An AI Podcasting Machine Is Churning Out 3,000 Episodes a Week — and People Are Listening
An AI podcasting machine is churning out 3,000 AI-made episodes a week covering weather, biographies and even Charlie Kirk.

"Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped, the fact they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
@… on
The majority AI view: spot on I'd say given advances in my field.
https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/the-majority-ai-view/

Breite Einigkeit über Umverteilung obwohl es um Renten geht.
Kontrovers: Streit um Reformen - Wie viel Sozialstaat können wir uns leisten?
Webseite der Episode: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kontrovers-8-9-25-wie-viel-sozialstaat-…

Streit um Reformen - Wie viel Sozialstaat können wir uns leisten?
Dass man sich den Sozialstaat nicht mehr leisten könne, ist für Arbeitsministerin Bas (SPD) "Bullshit". Muss also der Wohlstand anders verteilt werden?

Mehdi Hasan reminds us:
We are the majority
Worth a listen at full volume
https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/1979627185439920443?s=12&t=JIzXmAfBKPksn8uWZp4aaA

Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) on X
‘There are more of us than there are of them. We are the majority!’ Watch my full speech at the DC ‘No Kings’ rally today.

Glad that Apple is keeping games and excited to see MLB return to broadcast TV. #mlb
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/19/apple-tv-keeps-friday-ni…

Apple TV keeps ‘Friday Night Baseball’ deal - 9to5Mac
MLB announced new agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Netflix, and confirmed Apple will continue to stream “Friday Night Baseball”.