{
  "id": 9784430,
  "title": "Podcast: OpenAI Admits AI is Killing the Internet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/podcast-openai-admits-ai-is-killing-the-internet",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:04:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "404 Media",
    "slug": "404-media",
    "url": "https://www.404media.co/podcast-openai-admits-ai-is-killing-the-internet/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This week's podcast delves into the controversial admissions from OpenAI and Microsoft regarding their contributions to the destruction of the internet. According to court records, the tech giants are accused of causing significant harm in various ways, including the theft of intellectual property on an unprecedented scale.\n\nIn the podcast's second segment, host Emanuel shares a disturbing tale of how he managed to hijack the Spotify page of a real band using AI-generated content. The episode also explores iLands, an AI agent platform that has been identified as a source of excessive spam, flooding inboxes worldwide.\n\nListeners can tune in to the podcast on popular platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. A paid subscription provides access to bonus content and ensures the sustainability of the journalism. Subscribers will receive an email with a link to the subscribers-only version, as well as an unlisted YouTube link to the extended video and show notes for easy access.",
  "summary": "Microsoft and OpenAI admit it; how we got AI slop onto a real band's Spotify page; and AI agent spam is here.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}