{"podcast":{"title":"Hard Factor","slug":"hard-factor-811709","podcast_index_feed_id":811709,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG8591490155","website_url":"https://www.hardfactor.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b6fcfcf8-2842-11ef-83a4-abfefc0fcfe5/image/8d72a4f0ca9557f40fdf49fa778c6229.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hard Factor","episode_count":1874,"summary":"Cheat on the news with Hard Factor. Satirical daily news podcast, not hyper-polarizing and depressing like all the others. Drops at Midnight Eastern, 5 Days a Week, 24/7/365. Follow the pod on social @HardFactorNews. Hosts: @hardfactorMark @hardfactorPat @hardfactorWes @hardfactorWill. Full video episodes: YouTube.com/HardFactorNews Join our community: patreon.com/hardfactor Voicemail Line: 512.270.1480","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T22:17:35.852791+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hard-factor-811709"},"episode":{"title":"AI Is Now Eating Books... Literally | 7.29.26","slug":"ai-is-now-eating-books-literally-7-29-26","published_at":"2026-07-29T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hard-factor-811709/ai-is-now-eating-books-literally-7-29-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hard-factor-811709","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG1716991357.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG1716991357.mp3","summary":"Episode 2007 - brought to you by https://patreon.com/hardfactor - Pop the Clutch, Send in the Car and join our community today, with access to bonus pods, Discord chat w/ hosts, trivia nights, and much more. 00:00:00 Timestamps 00:01:00 Wes is officially IN Japan (first Smoking Lounge review), and other headlines 00:07:25 AI companies, at least Anthropic according to lawsuit document, are buying pre-2023 books to literally eat them (to death) into their data training model for LLMs 00:19:48 ECommerce Bytes wins $50 Million from settlement with EBay + Meme News is the BEST 00:22:39 The \"DubBot\" from the Dublin, Ohio Police force has been shut down less than a year into service after contributing to ZERO arrests or tickets 00:26:48 Kansas Man arrested at public hearing for clapping against data centers + LASER BEAMS 00:33:50 Austin, Texas Pet Store has 2000 gallon fish tank burst randomly 00:37:30 13 year-old caught sharing magic mushroom candy at local YMCA Thank you for listening, we love you all, and most importantly: HAGFD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Episode 2007 - brought to you by https://patreon.com/hardfactor - Pop the Clutch, Send in the Car and join our community today, with access to bonus pods,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2700,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hard-factor-811709/episodes/ai-is-now-eating-books-literally-7-29-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hard-factor-811709/ai-is-now-eating-books-literally-7-29-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}