About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a recent social media addiction trial involving Meta and YouTube and its potential lessons for AI regulation.

Meta and YouTube were found liable earlier this year in a social media addiction trial and ordered to pay out $6 million in damages. Could this be a blueprint for how to avoid history repeating itself with AI? Host: Alexi Mostrous Producer: Amalie Sortland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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