IM 870: Meet Me In Alaska - Are AI Content Filters Changing What We Read?

IM 870: Meet Me In Alaska - Are AI Content Filters Changing What We Read?

May 13, 2026 · 2h 44m · Episode 870

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Chris Stokel-Walker discusses the impact of AI content filters on journalism and information consumption.

British tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker reveals his hands-on approach to filtering the world's information overload with AI, from building custom news-gathering bots to teaching reporters where the human touch still matters. Find out how next-gen tools are reshaping the front lines of reporting, and what gets lost—and found—when machines do the first pass. Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19 Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw Students boo AI at commencement: video Sam Altman faces awkward grilling over 'toxic culture of lying' (20) rat king 🐀 on X: "okay incredible: OpenAI showing a "half of a jackass" trophy of a donkey's behind, a golden little league trophy, with a label — "never stop being a jackass...for safety" this is something musk gave to an openai employee after musk called him a jackass trophy looks nice" / X NHTSA says the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first car model to pass the agency's new ADAS tests; Tesla conducted the tests and submitted the results to the NHTSA Trump's China trip collides with AI security fears Jensen Huang to college grads: "Run…

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