Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with programs
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AI bots are flooding the podcast industry with hundreds of thousands of generated episodes, creating cheap content that costs just $1 per show and can be profitable with only 25 listeners. Companies like Inception Point AI have produced 200,000 episodes using synthetic hosts with crafted personalities, while established podcasters face mixed reactions from audiences who view AI voices as breaching the human connection that defines podcasting.
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