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• Is a new Google service flooding podcast apps with spam? Calling them “a threat to the podcasting community”, the podcast directory Listen Notes has made a NotebookLM Detector, to spot shows made by Google’s NotebookLM. So far, it’s detected more than 280 shows which have been made using the AI tool. “Notebook LM has made it easier to mass-produce low-quality, fake content”, says Listen Notes founder Wenbin Fang; though The Spectator’s Sean Thomas suggests that AI may “make the podcast bro irrelevant”.
  • There is a proposal for a Podcasting 2.0 tag on generative AI disclosures. However, it relies on creators being honest about their use of AI.
• Congratulations to Todd Cochrane, who celebrates 20 years in podcasting today. He’ll be doing a special live Geek News Central show today at 6pm Eastern - episode 1,772.
• Podtrac released its rankers for September. In the US, Wondery has moved up from #5 to #4. iHeart remains #1 for podcasts. The ranker measures participating publishers only.

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