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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 21 MIN

Gross smells and the spooky side of AI

from Something Offbeat

This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the spooky side of artificial intelligence as we gear up for Halloween. We’ll hear about the news that people will soon be able to use ChatGPT to order from Walmart from KCBS Radio’s Bloomberg Tech and Business report out of the Bay Area and about the dangers of getting in too deep with an AI companion from WBBM Newsradio’s the Noon Business Hour in Chicago. We’ll also check out a discussion about legislation that would make it illegal to marry AI from the Dave Glover show out of KMOX in St. Louis and about an AI-themed haunted house from WWJ in Detroit. Finally, we’ll check in with the Dana and Parks Show from KMBZ in Kansas City on the results of a scary, smelly survey that might reveal why some of us are turning to the embrace of AI.

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