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The Times Tech Podcast · Thursday · 42 min

SpaceX’s AI gamble and the crackdown on AI slop

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is spending billions on AI data centres, rocket ships and moon ambitions but investors are asking how much it can burn before the bet pays off. Meanwhile, ‘AI slop’ is flooding social media. And new EU rules mean platforms will have to label AI-generated content. But can regulation keep up? Danny Fortson and Mark Sellman discuss SpaceX, Starlink, space junk and the growing fight over AI content online. Plus, Danny speaks to Ivan Zhao, co-founder and CEO of Notion, about AI agents, the future of work and why his company hired a 16-year-old high schooler. Watch on YouTube Read more: Authors must prove their work is not AI Producer: Harry Bligh, Marnie Duke, Shabnam Grewal Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia Video Producer: Bronwen Latham Image: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is spending billions on AI data centres, rocket ships and moon ambitions but investors are asking how much it can burn before the bet pays off. Meanwhile, ‘AI slop’ is flooding social media. And new EU rules mean platforms will have to label AI-generated content. But can regulation keep up? Danny Fortson and Mark Sellman discuss SpaceX, Starlink, space junk and the growing fight over AI content online. 


Plus, Danny speaks to Ivan Zhao, co-founder and CEO of Notion, about AI agents, the future of work and why his company hired a 16-year-old high schooler. 


Watch on YouTube 

Read more: Authors must prove their work is not AI


Producer: Harry Bligh, Marnie Duke, Shabnam Grewal 

Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia

Video Producer: Bronwen Latham

Image: Getty


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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