Fake Empire
Fake Empire  
Podcast: Kill The Computer
Published On: Thu Sep 24 2026
Description: Maggie Harrison Dupre returns with Jon Christian to take us through their reporting on Brown Brothers Media, a family operated slop mill that quietly reached tens of millions by gaming Google with thousands of fake articles written with fake bylines by personas with falsified credentials. Oh, and by the way, they had a Shaman. Read the article here: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ai-slop-empire Follow Maggie: https://bsky.app/profile/mharrisondupre.bsky.social Follow Jon: https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net