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The cream of the slop: this year's AI highlights - Consider This from NPR

The cream of the slop: this year's AI highlights - Consider This from NPR

Update: 2025-12-19
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2025 has proved that artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping online reality and that the “slop” is here to stay. 



NPR’s Geoff Brumfiel and Shannon Bond have spent much of the year rolling around in that slop and join host Scott Detrow to break down some of the highlights and how to sort the real from the fake.

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The cream of the slop: this year's AI highlights - Consider This from NPR

The cream of the slop: this year's AI highlights - Consider This from NPR