"AI in Marketing" is your insightful weekly round-up of the most relevant news in the AI realm. In this episode, we take a deep dive into how the rise of AI is impacting democracy, with Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig suggesting urgent democratic reforms to protect against AI manipulation. We then switch gears, examining Elon Musk's call for medical images to feed AI platform, Grok, amidst concerns of privacy invasion and diagnostic inaccuracies. Our discussion moves onto the platform Substack, where 'micro-influencers' are proving successful in promoting brands to niche audiences via authentic affiliate marketing. Important workplace issues around lookism and gender discrimination are also addressed, followed by a review of Bluesky's reassuring stand against using user content to train AI. We conclude by spotlighting French AI startup, Mistral's strategic expansion, featuring upgraded chatbot capabilities and enhanced AI models. Tune in to understand the intricate interplay of AI with our societal systems. https://www.getvoicestream.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjuYFNR1aWo https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/well/x-grok-health-privacy.html https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2024/11/15/brands-brand-founders-substack-strategy https://www.fastcompany.com/91229638/lookism-is-alive-and-well-and-getting-worse-heres-why-your-appearance-is-judged-more-than-performance https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/bluesky-has-no-intention-train-generative-ai-on-user-content/ https://technews180.com/artificial-intelligence/mistral-unveils-new-ai-models-and-chat-features-to-compete-in-the-ai-race/ ```