Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI
Slate Debates
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4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior tech editor Tony Ho Tran to parse through what Meta’s victory in a recent AI lawsuit means for its users. Tools like ChatGPT are becoming more common at home and at work, but without protections, they could threaten not just the creativity of artists, but anyone who posts online. As regulation lags behind, how can we protect ourselves? And how many of us are using AI without even knowing it?
This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay.
Further reading: The Court Battles That Will Decide if Silicon Valley Can Plunder Your Work from Slate’s Nitish Pahwa
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| 1:15.2 | Hey, I'm Candace Lem. |
| 1:18.7 | And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I. |
| 1:20.6 | In case you missed it. |
| 1:23.1 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 1:29.9 | And today we are talking about AI, specifically two major lawsuits that were recently decided. |
| 1:37.1 | Yeah, in these cases, they involve well-known creatives like Sarah Silverman, Tana Hossie Coates. |
| 1:45.1 | And AI is a controversial topic, and while Kate and I both choose not to use it, that doesn't mean nobody should. |
| 1:49.6 | I imagine a lot of people listening already use some of these tools in their everyday lives. |
| 1:51.5 | Maybe we've used them accidentally. |
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