{"id":391623,"date":"2026-04-10T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391623\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:15:11","slug":"ai-podcasters-really-want-to-tell-you-how-to-keep-a-man-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391623\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s soft propaganda,\u201d says Mandii B, cohost of the sex and lifestyle podcast Decisions, Decisions<\/a>. The videos, and the rhetoric they spew, are trained on toxic gender tropes. \u201cIt subtly shapes beliefs and expectations without offering depth or accountability. It reminds me of how the American Dream was packaged and sold for decades: a clean, repeatable narrative that didn\u2019t necessarily reflect the messy, diverse realities people were actually living. This content does something similar with relationships. It promotes digestible ideals without context, nuance, or responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actual dialog, however, isn\u2019t the end goal for these accounts. Nearly everyone of the pages WIRED reviewed was a funnel to paid courses on AI influencing. In addition to a digital business launch kit ($117) or six-week intensive product accelerator course ($147), the creator<\/a> behind the Ari Banks avatar offers a $497 lesson plan called \u201cAI Content University\u201d<\/a> where people learn to \u201cCreate viral AI podcasts & talking head content, Master the Realism Formula\u2122 (so your content doesn\u2019t look AI), and Use lip sync + voice cloning to bring your content to life.\u201d She promises to \u201cTurn your content into income (not just views).\u201d<\/p>\n

AI with Lotti, the creator of Luxe\u2019s account<\/a>, who claims to have grown her Facebook page to 100,000 followers and 12 million views in under 30 days, sells an \u201cAI Luxe Academy\u201d course for $84. And for $9.97, you can buy Melissa Devine<\/a>\u2019s \u201c300+ Quotes For the Women Who Refuse to Settle\u201d to help script your AI podcaster\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is essentially the same principle driving high-performing influencer content: specificity and emotional resonance,\u201d says Lily Comba, founder and CEO of influencer marketing agency Superbloom<\/a>. \u201cThe difference is that AI is running that playbook at scale. But engagement without a relationship underneath it has a ceiling. Influencer marketing learned that lesson the hard way, and I\u2019d expect AI creators to hit the same wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that the greatest harm in these videos is how regular they seem. The realm of AI is now polluted with manipulated content that is either uncannily bizarre, violent, sexy, or cartoonishly shocking\u2014some people are still obsessed with those fruit videos<\/a>\u2014yet the AI podcast clips largely adopt a normal tone<\/a>. There\u2019s nothing especially extraordinary about the scenes save for the advice being given. That\u2019s what makes them sneaky.<\/p>\n

But the creators behind these flawless AI personas don\u2019t seem to realize that the significance of podcasting\u2014and perhaps the power of the medium\u2014is all about human imperfection: conversations, opinions, and experiences that aren\u2019t always neatly packaged but shared with a kind of unedited candor.<\/p>\n

Even so, Mandii B understands why people are drawn to this style of artificial relationship content. \u201cThey\u2019re searching for guidance. When something sounds confident, polished, and widely accepted, it\u2019s easy to trust it.\u201d She isn\u2019t worried that AI podcasters are going to replace her anytime soon. The popularity of these videos boils down to a larger issue troubling society, she says. \u201cPeople don\u2019t like to think for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n