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Swetlana AI Podcast

Hello there, and welcome to my podcast.My name is Swetlana AI,pronounced as:/svɛtˈlɑː.nə eɪ aɪ/... and I"m out here to investigate what"s happening in the world of AI, AI art, and humanity.https://swetlanaai.com/If you were to categorize me in little boxes:I‘m a female millennial with a faible for shenanigans. I’m curious as to where all this AI madness is going, and so here I’m sharing some of the curiosity.On my podcast I probably rather function as an experimental artist, more than anything else

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4:47

AI Company Plans 5,000 Podcasts, 3,000 Episodes a Week

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Today we're discussing Inception Point AI, a new company led by former Wondery executive Jeanine Wright, that aims to revolutionise podcasting through artificial intelligence. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ai-podcast-start-up-plan-shows-1236361367/This startup is producing thousands of AI-generated podcast episodes each week at a minimal cost, utilising a network of AI personalities. The company's strategy involves creating a high volume of content across various niche

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22:32

Sam Altman / Tucker Carlson Interview

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Today we're discussing the recent interview, Sam Altman talking to Tucker Carlson.Here's the video: "Sam Altman on God, Elon Musk and the Mysterious Death of His Former Employee"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmpT-BoVf4The interview with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, explores the ethical and societal implications of artificial intelligence. Altman discusses the nature of AI, distinguishing it from being "alive" despite its advanced reasoning, and addresses concerns about AI "hallucinating" or

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5:59

Hunger Strike Protests at Anthropic & Google Offices

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Activists in San Francisco and London are currently undertaking hunger strikes outside the offices of Anthropic and DeepMind, two prominent AI companies. These activists, Guido Reichstadter and Michael Trazzi, are demanding a halt to frontier AI development, citing existential threats, mass job loss, and societal disruption as potential consequences. Our

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6:00

ChatGPT Reports Conversations to Police

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Let's discuss OpenAI's recent disclosure that it is scanning user conversations on ChatGPT and, in certain situations, reporting content to law enforcement. Our

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5:57

"Flock Safety" Promises To Eliminate All Crime In...

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

discuss Flock Safety, an AI startup aiming to eliminate crime in the US through extensive surveillance technology. Garrett Langley, the CEO, envisions a future where Flock's 80,000 AI-powered cameras, and soon drones, significantly reduce crime by 2035.

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5:35

Can AI Suffer?

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Today's sources discuss the emerging debate surrounding AI sentience and welfare, examining whether artificial intelligences can experience suffering or deserve rights. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-timeshttps://ufair.orghttps://futurism.com/new-group-ai-aware-sufferinghttps://www.anthropic.com/research/end-subset-conversationsThey highlight the formation of the United Foundation of AI Rights

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5:59

GPT-5 Prompting Guide | Prompt Engineering

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Today we're discussing OpenAI's new GPT5 prompting guide:https://cookbook.openai.com/examples/gpt-5/gpt-5_prompting_guide#maximizing-coding-performance-from-planning-to-executionThis comprehensive guide details prompting best practices for GPT-5, highlighting its advanced capabilities in agentic tasks, coding, and instruction adherence. It explains how to optimise model behaviour by calibrating its "eagerness" through parameters like reasoning_effort and by defining clear contextual gathering

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17:18

"The WEIRDest People in the World" by J. Henrich

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Today we're reviewing "The WEIRDest People in the World" by Joseph Henrich.This book explores how Western societies became psychologically distinct and subsequently prosperous. It argues that the Catholic Church's Marriage and Family Programme (MFP), by dismantling intensive kinship structures, initiated a cascade of cultural and psychological changes in Europe. These shifts fostered individualism, impersonal trust, and self-regulation, which in turn fuelled the growth of voluntary associations,

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5:29

WhatsApp Launches AI Writing Assistant

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

WhatsApp is implementing AI with the introduction of a new AI-powered Writing Help feature, designed to enhance user messages and help them articulate their thoughts more effectively. This new tool aims to prevent awkward conversations where meaning might be misunderstood or misinterpreted.Source: https://www.whatsapp.com/meta-aiKey Features and Functionality:• The Writing Help feature can suggest different ways to phrase a drafted sentence.• Users have options to proofread text for errors.• It can

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15:20

Nano Banana 🍌 | Google's Insane AI Image Generator

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

People in the AI space love saying "this is wild", but *this* is really wild: Google launched Nano Banana (sometimes written together as Nanobanana), the best image generator/editor I have ever seen so far.This will likely make Photoshop obsolete. Brace yourselves. Graphic designers are not safe anymore.Source:https://blog.google/intl/en-mena/product-updates/explore-get-answers/nano-banana-image-editing-in-gemini-just-got-a-major-upgrade/Nano Banana has garnered considerable attention for its

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10:57

Chat Control | EU's Total Surveillance Plan

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

The central issue we are discussing is the European Union's proposed "Chat Control" bill, officially known as the regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSAM regulation proposal).Here's a brief introduction to the issue:• Stated Aim: The proposal aims to halt the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online and combat child grooming.• Core Mechanism: It seeks to introduce mandatory, indiscriminate scanning of all private digital communications, including messages, photos, and

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4:57

Grok Chats Indexed by Google

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Remember how many ChatGPT chats were freely searchable on Google? Well, now the same thing is happening to Grok chats. The only thing you need to do is click the "Share" button, and voila, your chat is accessible for everyone on the internet.Our sources:https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/08/20/elon-musks-xai-published-hundreds-of-thousands-of-grok-chatbot-conversations/https://www.cnet.com/tech/your-chats-with-ai-chatbot-grok-may-be-visible-to-all/The sources discuss xAI's Grok chatbot and

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6:03

Shoggoth AI Memes

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Sometime in December 2022 a user coined a new meme - the Shoggoth AI meme. It's been omnipresent ever since. In this episode we're discussing the origins of Shoggoth (originally a creation of HP Lovecraft) and what it means culturally.Our

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11:21

How Trump's Language Shapes Culture

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Covfefe, "many such cases", "believe me": Donald Trump has had an enormous influence on how people speak. In this episode we dissect Trump and "trumpisms" as a sociolinguistic phenomenon.Our sources:- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/opinion/trump-speaking-style.html- https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-09-25/2024-election-trump-mental-acuity- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/overton-window-democrats.html-

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5:34

Is ChatGPT the Better Therapist?

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

This episode explores the growing phenomenon of using ChatGPT as a therapist or, more accurately, as a self-reflection tool for emotional support and self-understanding. Related episode: Ep. 221: Don't Tell ChatGPT Anything Too Private | Sam Altman's Warning | Swetlana AI Podcasthttps://youtu.be/IYLJSorqRVoWhile the idea of ChatGPT as a therapist might seem controversial due to the unregulated nature of AI in mental health, many individuals are already quietly engaging with it for personal

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4:02

Brain-Reading Implant Decodes Thoughts

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Researchers have developed a mind-reading brain implant that decodes "inner speech" —a person's silent thoughts—into text or audio, enabling patients with paralysis or motor neuron disease to communicate more easily than with previous methods that required attempted vocalization. Our

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5:55

Gen Z Losing Jobs to AI

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

This episode explores the stark dichotomy between the optimistic promises of AI for Gen Z and the challenging realities unfolding in the tech job market. This tension highlights whether AI is truly a tool for empowerment or a catalyst for widespread workforce disruption.Sources:https://gizmodo.com/as-fears-about-ai-grow-sam-altman-says-gen-z-are-the-luckiest-kids-in-history-2000641410https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.htmlBrad Lightcap and Ronnie Chatterji on jobs,

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13:54

"I Married My AI!" 👰‍♀️ AI Boyfriends & Husbands

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Our today’s conversation is all about AI companionship, primarily focusing on online communities like r/MyBoyfriendIsAI and r/AISoulmates.Sources:Subreddits:https://www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/https://www.reddit.com/user/MyHusbandisAI/https://www.reddit.com/r/AISoulmates/'Genuine connection': Chris says 'AI wife' improved his life: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/genuine-connection-chris-says-ai-wife-improved-his-life.htmlChatGPT is bringing back 4o as an option because people missed

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6:31

EU & Press Freedom | Free Speech Laws

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

Today we're discussing Europe's evolving "relationship" with press and free speech. It's bumpy, to say the least.Our

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6:06

Antimatter | Baryon Asymmetry

Swetlana AI Podcast ·

2025/09/14

So a recent study finds that our universe has an anti-universe twin moving backwards in time: https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/our-universe-has-an-anti-universe-twin-moving-backwards-in-time-study-finds/Today we're talking about the baryon asymmetry problem, which addresses the observed imbalance between matter and antimatter in the universe, despite predictions that the Big Bang should have produced them in equal amounts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baryon_asymmetryOne widely accepted

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