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# Amazon has invented the world’s least necessary podcast

[Link →](https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-generated-podcasts-products-2026-4)

> Amazon has launched a new feature that uses AI to generate a short, podcast-like audio segment where two „hosts“ discuss the merits and reviews of a specific product.

[Hier ein Beispiel auf X](https://x.com/katienotopoulos/status/2049549142150598798?s=46) (habe leider keines auf anderen Plattformen gefunden). Während AI-Podcasts per [NotebookLM](https://notebooklm.google/) z.B. zu einem wissen­schaft­lichen Doku­ment ja durchaus hilf­reich sein können, ist das, nun ja, vertonter [AI-Slop](https://eay.cc/2025/word-of-the-year-2025-slop/) wie er im KI-generierten Buche steht.

Oder [wie John Gruber schreibt](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/06/01/amazon-made-ai-podcasts-for-products):

> I don’t know what’s worse: that anyone at Amazon thought actual people would really listen to these, or if actual people really are listening to them.