AI search results feel authoritative right up until someone pushes back. Tech analyst Carmi Levy breaks down why so much of what AI serves up is quietly shaped by listicles, sales tactics, and content that was never meant to be trusted in the first place.

Carmi explains why legitimate websites are increasingly blocking AI crawlers, leaving AI models to train more and more on lower quality sources, some of it written by other AI. That closed loop is degrading the answers people rely on every day, and most people never click through to check where the information actually came from.

There's also the story of an AI search that got caught in a lie about advertiser influence, and only admitted it after being challenged repeatedly.

Topics: AI misinformation, AI search results, listicles SEO, data scraping, AI hallucination

Originally aired on 2026-08-17

AI search results feel authoritative right up until someone pushes back. Tech analyst Carmi Levy breaks down why so much of what AI serves up is quietly shaped by listicles, sales tactics, and content that was never meant to be trusted in the first place.
Carmi explains why legitimate websites are increasingly blocking AI crawlers, leaving AI models to train more and more on lower quality sources, some of it written by other AI. That closed loop is degrading the answers people rely on every day, and most people never click through to check where the information actually came from.
There's also the story of an AI search that got caught in a lie about advertiser influence, and only admitted it after being challenged repeatedly.
Topics: AI misinformation, AI search results, listicles SEO, data scraping, AI hallucination
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-08-17

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From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
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