About this episode
The episode discusses the emergence of AI-generated obituaries and the implications of their inaccuracies.
When Markus's good friend died suddenly, he went online to get more information. What he found was several AI written obituaries on dodgy looking websites with a litany of factual inaccuracies. Who is making these, and why? And is there anything that can be done to stop them? To hear our conversation with Craig Silverman (and a bunch of other great bonus episodes, and join our discord, and get discounts on Hyperfixed merchandise, and support independent journalism) become a Hyperfixed Premium member. If we get 150 signups between now and the end of april, we will give away merch to 5 listeners. If we get more than 150, we'll give away more! https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join LINKS: Joe Supan on fake obituaries Craig Silverman's Newsletter, Indicator Joshua Braun on fake news and ad technology Check My Ads Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Hosts: Hyperfixed, Radiotopia
Guest: Craig Silverman
Topics covered
- AI
- obituaries
- fake news
- journalism
- technology
Keywords
- AI obituaries
- fake news
- journalism
- Craig Silverman
- Hyperfixed
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