{"slug": "podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is", "title": "Podcast: Google Employees Meme About How Bad Their AI Is", "summary": "Google employees are circulating internal memes mocking the quality of their own company's AI products, according to a new report. The story also reveals that Microsoft explicitly aims to \"make people addicted\" to its new AI assistant, as detailed in an internal document.", "body_md": "We start this week with Emanuel’s story about the internal memes Google employees are making all about AI. Definitely check out some of the examples in the article or on YouTube. After the break, Jason tells us how Microsoft explicitly wants to “make people addicted” to its new AI assistant, according to an internal document. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains how companies are using Reddit to manipulate AI search results and big LEGO drama.\n\nListen to the weekly podcast on __Apple Podcasts____,__** **[ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/0F3oY47l2XgoBMaAmIaw29?ref=404media.co), or\n\n[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@404Mediaco/videos?ref=404media.co). Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode's bonus content and to power our journalism.\n\n**If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. It will also be in the show notes in your podcast player.**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is", "canonical_source": "https://www.404media.co/podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is/", "published_at": "2026-06-10 13:36:16+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-11 17:11:20.881573+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-ethics", "ai-safety", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "Microsoft", "Reddit", "LEGO", "Apple Podcasts", "Spotify", "YouTube", "Transistor"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/podcast-google-employees-meme-about-how-bad-their-ai-is.jsonld"}}