Amazon Made AI Podcasts for Products

Amazon launched a feature that uses artificial intelligence to generate podcast-style audio segments where two simulated hosts discuss product reviews and features. The AI-generated podcasts, such as one created for diaper rash cream, are now available on the platform for customer listening.

Katie Notopoulos, a month ago at Business Insider: 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.I think it could be one of the funniest, closest endpoints to human civilization we’ve seen yet in our new AI-enabled world. If this sounds a little confusing, here’s an example. I tried it out for diaper rash cream, and, voila A podcast Sound on. 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.