Google AI Overview falsely accused a Canadian musician of s*x offenses. He was removed from a tour. There was no correction, no appeal, and no one to call. That is Juan's "ghost authority" — an algorithm making decisions about your reputation, your grocery bill, and your medical data, with no human left holding the bag.

Juan and Kate break down all three: Google AI Overview spreading false information with no mechanism to correct it, Instacart's surveillance pricing tool quietly charging you more based on your behavior, and what ChatGPT Health actually does with your most sensitive medical data.

Plus a practical checklist to protect yourself from all three, and the bus stop test — a simple rule for deciding how much to trust any AI tool.

Hosted by Juan Faisal and Kate Cook. Slop World Podcast covers AI news with receipts — fact-checking Big Tech's claims and following the money on the stories everyone's hyping but nobody's verifying. New episodes every week.

Chapters:

00:00 Ghost Authority: Why Nobody Is Responsible When AI Messes Up

01:42 Algorithmic Accountability: A Checklist to Protect Your Decisions

02:31 Google AI Overview: The Minnesota Solar Company Hallucination

03:19 Reputation Ruined: The AI Hallucination That Cost a Musician His Career

05:52 Smart Research: How to Use ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude Without Being Fooled

08:35 Surveillance Pricing: Why the Internet Charges You More Than Your Neighbor

10:41 Instacart and Uber: The Backlash Against Dynamic Pricing

12:42 Save Money: Simple Tricks to Beat Hidden Algorithmic Pricing

14:15 The Urgency Trap: How Companies Profit From Your Stress and Fear

15:34 AI in Healthcare: Your Medical Data and Health Privacy Risks

16:10 Juan Reacts: OpenAI's ChatGPT Health Trailer

17:41 Could Your Private AI Chats Raise Your Insurance Rates?

21:21 The Fine Print: What OpenAI Actually Does With Your Medical Data

23:39 Why AI Can't Tell Real Science From Internet Myths

25:42 How to Anonymize Your Medical Test Results

27:23 Why Being Fast Online Makes You a Target for AI Scams

30:03 The Bus Stop Test: A Simple Rule for Trusting Any AI Tool