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'' JUNIPER : ' HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT violence against Women, Dalits and Muslims is persistently increasing in India ? ' '' That's my synthetic AI self having a late night phonic conversation with a !WOW! founder from Japan.''

' Worry Not! I am older in age than H.E. Modi Jee, and when I do get to see him while visiting India, I am confident that I will atleast get heard by him. In the meanwhile, would you be gracious enough to research this subject more. ''

FROM podcasts to propaganda. AI blurs this very, very fragile line between innovation and deception.

The future of AI technology, it seems, will depend less on what the machines are capable of - and more on what humanity decides to do with them.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - THE TECHNOLOGY RESHAPING industries, and redefining creativity....... has now set its sights on the world of audio and imagery creating both awe and alarm.

From AI-generated podcasts that require no studios or microphones to dystopian visuals depicting  European cities overtaken by immigrants, the new frontier of synthetic media is transforming the information landscape at breakneck speed.

IN NEW YORK podcasting - once a space defined by human storytelling and intimacy - is now being rapidly radicalised by machines. What began with Google's Audio Overview, the first mass-market podcast generator capable of creating entire shows from text documents, has sparked a technological gold rush.

In its wake, a host of startups, including ElevenLabs and Wondercraft, have flooded the market with automated tools capable of churning out content without a single human voice involved.

One company, Inception Point AI, has taken automation to industrial scale. Founded in 2023 by Jeanine Wright, a former executive at leading audio studio Wondery, the firm produces around 3,000 podcasts per week - with only eight employees.

Wright says the goal is simple : play the volume game. '' Each episode costs roughly one dollar to produce,'' she told AFP. '' If 20 people listen, it's already profitable.'' That low-cost model, she explained, opens doors to advertisers once priced out of the medium.

A podcast about pollen levels in a single city, for instance, can now attract antihistamine brands targeting a few dozen allergy sufferers. But critics warn that such mass automation risks flooding the digital space with what many call '' AI slop '' - synthetic, low-quality created purely for clicks and advertising revenue.

Despite those concerns, Wright insists transparency doesn't deter listeners. 

'' We mention AI in every episode,'' she said. '' If people like the host and the content, they don't care that it's AI-generated.''

However, as AI voices multiply, the industry's traditional players are feeling the squeeze.

Martin Spinelli, a podcasting professor at the University of Sussex, fears that deluge will drown out independent creators struggling for visibility.

''It's going to be harder for genuine podcasters to get noticed,'' he warned, adding that the surge could divert advertising revenue away from small producers.

The major platforms - Apple, Spotify, and YouTube - currently do not require creators to disclose when a podcast is AI-generated. Spinelli says that's a problem. '' I'd pay for an AI tool that helps me cut through that noise,'' he admitted.

Wright, however, argues that dividing lines between AI and non-AI content are meaningless; '' Everything will eventually be made with AI,'' she said, predicting synthetic voice podcasts will evolve into a distinct genre, much like animation in film.

YET, for veteran podcasters Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace, the heart of podcasting lies in human connection.

'' When you read a novel or listen to a song, you're connecting with another consciousness,'' he said. '' Without that, there's less reason to listen.''

The Honour and Serving of the Latest Global Operational Research on Podcasts, Propaganda, and AI, continues. The World Students Society thanks AFP.

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