{"podcast":{"title":"Marketplace Tech","slug":"marketplace-tech-318132","podcast_index_feed_id":318132,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-tech","website_url":"https://www.marketplace.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/af5db80cfdc39c7440ad974f15e6e23fe14d9f5c/square/834af0-20250303-marketplace-tech-2000.jpg","author":"Marketplace","episode_count":150,"summary":"Monday through Friday, Marketplace demystifies the digital economy in less than 10 minutes. We look past the hype and ask tough questions about an industry that's constantly changing.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T20:22:45.892637+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132"},"episode":{"title":"Why AI models are obsessed with creatures","slug":"why-ai-models-are-obsessed-with-creatures","published_at":"2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132/why-ai-models-are-obsessed-with-creatures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132","url":"https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/09/14/why-ai-models-are-obsessed-with-creatures","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VnCzW2iO9G8z4eDWfXCd/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/tech_report/2026/09/15/tech_20260915_TECH_pod_128.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MKPtech&awEpisodeId=01M268M2705DDVB0RRPKY3C2HS","summary":"The problem of AI alignment has become a hot topic. It’s raised questions, like how do we get AI to do what we want, and not what we don't want? For example, hacking another company. Or, in a less criminal vein, how do we get AI to stop talking about goblins? After mounting user reports of this behavior earlier this year, OpenAI had to give its models — ChatGPT and Codex — explicit instructions to cut it out. It's the topic of today's “ Uncanny AI ,” those moments when it's clear AI doesn't think like us. Janelle Shane, author of the blog \"AI Weirdness,” says goblin mode emerged from a nerdy personality customization. “Marketplace Tech” host Meghan McCarty Carino asked her why.","meta_description":"The problem of AI alignment has become a hot topic. It’s raised questions, like how do we get AI to do what we want, and not what we don't want? For examp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":453,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-tech-318132/episodes/why-ai-models-are-obsessed-with-creatures/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132/why-ai-models-are-obsessed-with-creatures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}