The AI Trust Crisis: Media, Regulation, and Who Controls the Narrative

AI Is Making Everyone Sound the Same

Welcome to another episode of "Actually Intelligent," where Beck Bamberger sits down with Peter Purcell, founder and CEO of Poplar, for a conversation about the future of AI-powered marketing, personal branding, and founder-led content. Together, they explore how Poplar is helping executives and founders turn their expertise into authentic, high-signal content across platforms like LinkedIn—without falling into the trap of generic AI-generated "slop." Peter shares how the company builds individualized voice profiles, integrates with a user's broader knowledge base, and approaches content creation as a scalable extension of human insight rather than a replacement for it. The conversation also dives into the evolving role of AI in marketing, the tension between automation and authenticity, preventing content fatigue, and where AI may be overhyped—or deeply underestimated—in today's business landscape. If you're interested in AI, modern marketing strategy, and how founders can better communicate their ideas at scale, don't miss this episode.

Why Healthcare AI Still Needs Human Validation

On today's episode of Actually Intelligent, Max Thon sits down with Dr. Aki Al-Zubaidi, founder and CEO of Eon Health, to discuss how his experiences as an interventional pulmonologist led him to build technology for preventing missed diagnoses and improving lung cancer care through AI and automation. The two also explore the growing challenges facing healthcare systems—from fragmented patient data and missed follow-ups to physician burnout—and why combining human expertise with intelligent systems is one of the most important paths forward in modern medicine.

Who Decides What AI Does in the Real World?

This week on Actually Intelligent, Max Thon unpacks three AI stories that all point to the same question: who decides what AI does in the real world? From an AI-run store making hiring decisions, to a new push for international AI governance, to a fresh perspective on what AI can't replace in the labor market, this episode explores where control, responsibility, and trust in AI are being defined.

How AI is Changing Senior Care (With Inspiren's CTO)

On this episode of Actually Intelligent, Max Thon sits down with Inspiren CTO, Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie, to explore how AI is being applied in senior care. They discuss how Inspiren uses computer vision and data to help prevent falls, how to design for caregivers in high-pressure environments, and what it takes to build AI systems that actually work in the real world. A grounded look at AI in healthcare, focused on outcomes, trust, and day-to-day impact.

The AI Trust Crisis: Media, Regulation, and Who Controls the Narrative

This week on Actually Intelligent, Max Thon breaks down three AI stories that all point to the same thing: a growing trust crisis. From The New York Times' AI plagiarism controversy to California setting new rules for AI companies, to OpenAI stepping into media, the lines around authorship, regulation, and influence are starting to blur. Who creates the content, who sets the rules, and who controls the narrative? If you're building with AI or trying to keep up with where it's all headed, this episode connects the dots.