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The bleakest possible podcasting future.

I just... I mean, here is the pitch for a new company that plans to make a million AI podcasts that I guess it hopes you’ll accidentally click on?

The company is able to produce each episode for $1 or less, depending on length and complexity, and attach programmatic advertising to it. This generally means that if about 20 people listen to that episode, the company made a profit on that episode, without factoring in overhead.

”We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life,” CEO Jeanine Wright told THR. I’m good.

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