Juan Faisal / Kate Cook

Slop World Podcast

Technology EN ↓ 28 episodes

AI news with receipts. Juan Faisal and Kate Cook fact-check the claims Big Tech is making about AI, follow the money, and break down what it actually means for your job, your data, and your daily life. From leaked data and corporate cover-ups to AI schools, stolen identities, and layoff headlines that don't add up, we cover the AI stories that everyone's hyping but nobody's verifying. New episodes every Thursday.

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Juan Faisal / Kate Cook

Episodes

Synthetic Talent, Real Profits: Who Wins When Actors Aren't Human? 16.10.2025 29:32

AI actors are moving into the spotlight and AI companions are becoming part of daily life. This episode looks at how synthetic talent like Tilly Norwood changes entertainment and how emotional AI shapes behavior, relationships, and mental health. The question we'll try to answer is simple, but loaded... who profits when the “talent” isn’t human, and what it means when real people start forming emo...

Did OpenAI Become the Villain? We Discuss Karen Hao’s Empire of AI 07.10.2025 28:49

Juan and Kate discuss Karen Hao’s new book, Empire of AI, and the power struggle that shaped the modern AI industry. From OpenAI’s idealistic nonprofit beginnings to its billion-dollar partnerships and the very public Sam Altman vs. Elon Musk rift. Later, we jump into AI's most solid use case to date: Italian Brainrot. And we don't want to spoil the end, but it might or might not include a discuss...

Anthropic and OpenAI Are Building AI Co-Workers. What Are We Supposed to Do? 30.09.2025 20:44

Anthropic and OpenAI are reportedly building actual AI co-workers, not chatbots. Digital staff trained on Salesforce, Zendesk, and your internal enterprise tools, modeled on real subject matter experts. Juan and Kate dig into what that means for your job, your paycheck, and whether you're already training your replacement for free. They also get into prompt injection: what happens when your AI age...