In episode 1949, Jack and Miles are joined by the Senior Fellow for Gender Equity, Paid Leave & Care Policy, and the Director and Founder of the Entertainment Initiative at the Better Life Lab, Vicki Shabo, to discuss… ChatGPT Is Just A Digital Shopping Mall Now, A Recent Study Found That AI Might Be A Bubble, The Chinese Robot Takeover Should Terrify The Forces of Capital, But I’m Good, At Least Tron 3 May Have Finally Killed Jared Leto’s Career and more!
Writing About Jobs, Money, and Work-Family Stress
OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it
Soon you'll be able to shop at Walmart through ChatGPT
Walmart Partners with OpenAI to Create AI-First Shopping Experiences
You’ll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT
Walmart CEO’s AI warning is existential. Pay attention.
Walmart CEO: ‘AI is literally going to change every job’—how the best employees can still stand out
Shopify and OpenAI bring commerce to ChatGPT
ChatGPT goes shopping with new product-browsing feature
ChatGPT Is Already Bungling Product Recommendations
OpenAI is staffing up to turn ChatGPT into an ad platform
New ad channel for ecommerce just dropped: Ads in Grok
A Recent Study Found That AI Might Be A Bubble
Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified
“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days
Michael Fassbender’s History of Alleged Abuse: Former Girlfriend’s Story Resurfaces in #MeToo Era

LISTEN: the one by Gabriel Jacoby

<p>In episode 1949, Jack and Miles are joined by the Senior Fellow for Gender Equity, Paid Leave &amp; Care Policy, and the Director and Founder of the <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/better-life-lab-collections/entertainment-focused-narrative-and-culture-change-practice/">Entertainment Initiative</a> at the <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/">Better Life Lab</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vshabo.bsky.social">Vicki Shabo</a>, to discuss&hellip; ChatGPT Is Just A Digital Shopping Mall Now, A Recent Study Found That AI Might Be A Bubble, The Chinese Robot Takeover Should Terrify The Forces of Capital, But I&rsquo;m Good, At Least Tron 3 May Have Finally Killed Jared Leto&rsquo;s Career and more!</p>
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<li><a href="https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/documents/Writing_About_Jobs_Money_and_Work-Family_Stress.pdf">Writing About Jobs, Money, and Work-Family Stress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay">OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/connect-the-dots/walmart-chatgpt-partnership/507-dbb533fa-c8fb-4b8d-99d7-4db7302ee802">Soon you'll be able to shop at Walmart through ChatGPT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251014984151/en/Walmart-Partners-with-OpenAI-to-Create-AI-First-Shopping-Experiences">Walmart Partners with OpenAI to Create AI-First Shopping Experiences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/youll-soon-be-able-to-shop-walmart-from-chatgpt/?utm_campaign=social&amp;amp;utm_source=X&amp;amp;utm_medium=organic">You&rsquo;ll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.techloy.com/walmart-ceos-ai-warning-is-existential-pay-attention/">Walmart CEO&rsquo;s AI warning is existential. Pay attention.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/29/walmart-ceo-ai-is-literally-going-to-change-every-job.html">Walmart CEO: &lsquo;AI is literally going to change every job&rsquo;&mdash;how the best employees can still stand out</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.shopify.com/news/shopify-open-ai-commerce">Shopify and OpenAI bring commerce to ChatGPT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/chatgpt-goes-shopping-with-new-product-browsing-feature/">ChatGPT goes shopping with new product-browsing feature</a></li>
<li><a href="https://futurism.com/chatgpt-product-recommendations">ChatGPT Is Already Bungling Product Recommendations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://martech.org/openai-is-staffing-up-to-turn-chatgpt-into-an-ad-platform/">OpenAI is staffing up to turn ChatGPT into an ad platform</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ecommercenorthamerica.org/2025/08/10/x-grok-ai-chatbot-ads/">New ad channel for ecommerce just dropped: Ads in Grok</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sherwood.news/markets/analyst-a-lot-more-disclosure-needed-on-these-circular-ai-deals/?utm_source=snacks&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=snacks_20251016&amp;amp;utm_content=400ebd5f29d3937e151d1ac4eedb8260">A Recent Study Found That AI Might Be A Bubble</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20251012144950/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/12/why-western-executives-visit-china-coming-back-terrified/">Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jared-leto-tron-ares-box-office-1236401068/">&ldquo;No One Asked for This Reboot&rdquo;: &lsquo;Tron&rsquo; May Mark End of Jared Leto&rsquo;s Franchise-Leading Days</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/michael-fassbender-abuse-allegations-sunawin-leasi-andrews-1201927946/">Michael Fassbender&rsquo;s History of Alleged Abuse: Former Girlfriend&rsquo;s Story Resurfaces in #MeToo Era</a></li>
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<p>LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5CVH4yjJy1Nhr1G51UBG7e">the one by Gabriel Jacoby</a></p>

There’s more news and less comprehension today than any historical period that didn’t involve literal witch trials, and trying to stay on top of it all can feel like playing a game of telephone with 30 people, except everyone’s speaking at the same time and like a third of them are openly racist for some reason. From Cracked co-founder Jack O’Brien, THE DAILY ZEITGEIST is stepping into that fray with some of the funniest and smartest comedic and journalistic minds around. Jack and co-host Miles Gray spend up to an hour every weekday sorting through the events and stories driving the headlines, to help you find the signal in the noise, with a few laughs thrown in for free.

The Daily Zeitgeist

TV Characters WITH Jobs? A.I. Throat Bubble 10.17.25

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