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  "textContent": "Amazon is adding AI-generated \"podcasts\" to Alexa+, letting users request custom audio explainers on any topic featuring two synthetic co-hosts. Variety reports: Seemingly to dispel the notion that these \"podcasts\" will be AI audio slop, Amazon emphasized that it has deals with major news organizations to ensure \"accurate, real-time news and information.\" Those include the Associated Press, Reuters, the Washington Post, Time magazine, Forbes, Business Insider, Politico and USA Today; publications from Conde Nast, Hearst and Vox Media; and more than 200 local newspapers across the U.S. In an example clip shared by Amazon of the new Alexa Podcasts feature, the two AI-generated hosts discuss \"the latest music releases.\" A male Alexa+ narrator says more than 50% of music listening now comes from unsigned artists. \"The monoculture is just gone,\" a female-voiced Alexa+ narrator chimes in. The male Alexa+ host says there has been \"stoner metal,\" indie pop and experimental hip-hop music \"all dropping on the same Friday,\" and adds, \"That's not chaos -- that's the healthiest the music ecosystem has ever been.\" [...] To use Alexa Podcasts, users can simply tell Alexa what topic they're curious about and \"it does the rest in minutes.\" Alexa+ will provide an overview of what it plans to cover, and let you adjust the length and direction before it generates the podcast. When your episode is ready, you'll get a notification on your Echo Show device and the Alexa app.\n\nRead more of this story at Slashdot.",
  "title": "Amazon's Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated Podcasts",
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