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Big Egg

Fri, 19 May 2023 11:00:31 GMT

By popular demand, we release the egg-isode. Remember how this year, eggs were insanely expensive? Well, Motherboard looked into it, and the reason why is both more complicated and more predictable than you might expect.

Also, this week, Vice Media LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. First off, we’re still here! And, if you want to read the details of the filing, check out this story on Motherboard.

Thanks so much to Farm Action and Dee Laninga for her time.

Motherboard Money is hosted by Jason Koebler. It’s produced by Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, and Julia Nutter, and edited by Ashley Cleek. Fact checking by Sophie Hurwitz.

Music and sound design by Pran Bandi.

Emanuel Maiberg is Motherboard’s executive editor. Janet Lee is senior production manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.

You can find more stories like this at motherboard.vice.com.

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No One Wants to Hang in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse

Thu, 11 May 2023 16:00:11 GMT

There’s been a lot of hype about the metaverse. A lot of theorizing about how we’ll spend our time there. But that hasn’t happened. And as corporations develop their own metaverses, it seems like fewer and fewer people want to hang out in them.

In this episode, Jason and senior editor Samantha Cole talk about whether these corporate metaverses have any shot at being the next big thing.

Motherboard Money is hosted by Jason Koebler. It’s produced by Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, and Julia Nutter, and edited by Ashley Cleek. Fact checking by Sophie Hurwitz.

Music and sound design by Pran Bandi.

Emanuel Maiberg is Motherboard’s executive editor. Janet Lee is senior production manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.

You can find more stories like this at motherboard.vice.com.

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The Human Price of AI

Thu, 04 May 2023 14:33:18 GMT

There’s a hidden work force behind your chatbot. Workers who clean and tag data, moderate content, and flag offensive images, but who remain almost invisible.

Jason talks to writer Mary L. Gray about the book Ghost Work (co-authored with Siddharth Suri) and how we can protect the workers who make automation happen.

Motherboard Money is hosted by Jason Koebler. It’s produced by Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, and Julia Nutter and edited by Ashley Cleek. Fact checking by Sophie Hurwitz.

Music and sound design by Pran Bandi.

Emanuel Maiberg is Motherboard’s executive editor. Janet Lee is senior production manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.

You can find more stories like this at motherboard.vice.com.

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Meet the Overemployed Hustlers Using ChatGPT to Secretly Work Multiple Jobs

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:01:25 GMT

When it comes to the AI revolution, you’ll hear a lot of fear around robots taking our jobs. But in this episode of Motherboard Money, editor-in-chief Jason Koebler and senior reporter Maxwell Strachan talk about how ‘overemployed’ workers are using artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to juggle multiple full-time, salaried jobs and rake in the cash.

Motherboard Money is hosted by Jason Koebler. It’s produced by Sophie Kazis, Sheena Ozaki, and Julia Nutter, and edited by Ashley Cleek. Fact checking by Sophie Hurwitz.

Music and sound design by Pran Bandi.

Emanuel Maiberg is Motherboard’s executive editor. Janet Lee is our senior production manager for VICE Audio. Charles Raggio is the head of VICE Audio.

You can find more stories like this at motherboard.vice.com.

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Coming Soon: Motherboard Money

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:01:09 GMT

When money and tech meet, weird things happen. Every week, host Jason Koebler interviews Motherboard reporters, union leaders, activists, writers, and other smart people to figure out what the hell is happening in the economy. Listen every Thursday.

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