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Our first podcast episode made by AI
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Our first podcast episode made by AI

It's the thrilling conclusion to our three-part series on AI — the world premiere of the first episode of Planet Money written by AI. In Part 1 of this series, we taught AI how to write an original Planet Money script by feeding it real research and interviews. In Part 2, we used AI to clone the voice of our former colleague Robert Smith.

Our first podcast episode made by AI

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Grimes used AI to clone her own voice. We cloned the voice of a host of Planet Money.
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Grimes used AI to clone her own voice. We cloned the voice of a host of Planet Money.

In Part 1 of this series, AI proved that it could use real research and real interviews to write an original script for an episode of Planet Money.

Grimes used AI to clone her own voice. We cloned the voice of a host of Planet Money.

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Can ChatGPT write a podcast episode? Can AI take our jobs?
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Can ChatGPT write a podcast episode? Can AI take our jobs?

We used to think some jobs were safe from automation. Though machines have transformed industries like agriculture and manufacturing, the conventional wisdom was that they could never perform what's called "knowledge work." That the robots could never replace lawyers or accountants — or journalists, like us.

Can ChatGPT write a podcast episode? Can AI take our jobs?

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Green energy gridlock

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Green energy gridlock

Lyle Jack wants to build a wind farm on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But to make the project work, he has to connect that wind farm to the electric grid. Which is easier said than done. On today's show - how the green energy revolution may live, or die, by bureaucrats trying to untangle a mess of wires.

Green energy gridlock

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Economic forecasters on jobs, inflation and housing
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Economic forecasters on jobs, inflation and housing

It's time for another installment of ... Planet Money Predictions! *air horn*

Economic forecasters on jobs, inflation and housing

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How AI could help rebuild the middle class
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How AI could help rebuild the middle class

For the last four decades, technology has been mostly a force for greater inequality and a shrinking middle class. But new empirical evidence suggests that the age of AI could be different. We speak to MIT's David Autor, one of the greatest labor economists in the world, who envisions a future where we use AI to make a wider array of workers much better at a whole range of jobs and help rebuild the middle class.

How AI could help rebuild the middle class

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What has been driving inflation? Economists' thinking may have changed
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What has been driving inflation? Economists' thinking may have changed

Economists say that inflation is just too much money chasing too few goods.

What has been driving inflation? Economists' thinking may have changed

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The Day of Two Noons (Classic)

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The Day of Two Noons (Classic)

(Note: this episode originally ran in 2019.)

The Day of Two Noons (Classic)

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How to fight a squatting goat

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How to fight a squatting goat

Back in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into a problem: his neighbor had a goat pen, and about half of it crossed over onto his property.

How to fight a squatting goat

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The economics of the influencer industry, and its pitfalls
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The economics of the influencer industry, and its pitfalls

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? An astronaut, a doctor or maybe a famous athlete? Today one of the most popular responses to that question is influencer – content creators who grow their following on Tik Tok, Instagram and YouTube and monetize that content to make it their full-time job.

The economics of the influencer industry, and its pitfalls

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