Here's a fun one: Emanuel made his own ChatGPT-powered news site that ripped off our work and that of WIRED, The Verge, and others to show just how easy spinning up one of these AI click farms really is. After the break, we listen to some of the AI-generated music that has major record labels suing some startups. In the subscribers-only section, Sam tells us all about how a bunch of chatbots suddenly changed personality overnight.<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.404media.co/i-paid-365-63-to-replace-404-media-with-ai/">I Paid $365.63 to Replace 404 Media With AI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.404media.co/listen-to-the-ai-generated-ripoff-songs-that-got-udio-and-suno-sued/">Listen to the AI-Generated Ripoff Songs That Got Udio and Suno Sued</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.404media.co/character-ai-chatbot-changes-filters-roleplay/">‘No Bot is Themselves Anymore:’ </a><a href="http://character.ai/">Character.ai</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/character-ai-chatbot-changes-filters-roleplay/"> Users Report Sudden Personality Changes to Chatbots</a>
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Your Identity Hacked, Yet Verified

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