Mon Mar 8 – Fri Mar 26, 2027 · 15 episodes · one story per episode, Monday–Friday
Episode 91 · Monday, March 8, 2027
Reported — from named reputable journalism · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
Asked to critique the company in verse, the company's own chatbot found its muse
Episode 92 · Tuesday, March 9, 2027
Reported — from named reputable journalism · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
The city's official advice bot got the city's own laws wrong — in the direction of breaking them
Episode 93 · Wednesday, March 10, 2027
Reported — from named reputable journalism · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
The future of fast food was cancelled by bacon ice cream
Episode 94 · Thursday, March 11, 2027
Reported — from named reputable journalism · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
"Just walk out" — the AI will see you. So will a thousand people reviewing the tape
Episode 95 · Friday, March 12, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
The chatbot's first lesson for students: companies can disappear faster than homework
Episode 96 · Monday, March 15, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
The robot lawyer's best review was written by a high-schooler
Episode 97 · Tuesday, March 16, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
He verified the fake cases by asking the thing that faked them
Episode 98 · Wednesday, March 17, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
Two thousand filings in, the fake cases now have their own database — maintained by hand, because someone has to check
Episode 99 · Thursday, March 18, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
Fifty-seven fake cases. The defense was that a person made them up. The person was him
Episode 100 · Friday, March 19, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
The FTC's position, in five cases at once: "AI-powered" is a claim, and claims need proof
Episode 101 · Monday, March 22, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
They told the examiners the algorithm didn't exist. Then they went back to selling it
Episode 102 · Tuesday, March 23, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
The AI company sold to school districts had, allegedly, the oldest product in fraud: numbers that weren't real
Episode 103 · Wednesday, March 24, 2027
Reported — from named reputable journalism · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
The whistleblower was recast as the criminal — by a machine that had read about the case and swapped the roles
Episode 104 · Thursday, March 25, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band M · ≈ 4–6 min (estimate)
One fake photo, no explosion, and the market still flinched — that was the proof of concept
Episode 105 · Friday, March 26, 2027
Documented — from a primary record · Band S · ≈ 2–3 min (estimate)
The first great AI photo hoax wasn't a war or an election. It was outerwear