November 21, 2025
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#1267 Cohere and Carney, an A.I. Meets Government Love Story
Is Canada’s A.I. champion eating the news?
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
James Nicholson
Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
max collins
Director of Audio

Canada is betting big on Cohere, but a lawsuit alleges that the company’s flagship LLM is bypassing paywalls and hallucinating content. 

 

What happens to the news industry  if A.I. continues to run amok?   

 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Jules Bugiel (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Douglas Soltys

Additional music by Audio Network

 

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