Whether it’s on TikTok or Twitter, A.I.-generated content is already flooding the web. So, what happens when the technology — prone to confidently making things up — starts ingesting itself?

Then, the New York Times reporter Joe Bernstein talks about why Mark Zuckerberg wants to fight Elon Musk in a cage match.

Plus, we put ChatGPT’s recipe generation to the test with A.I. cocktails.

Today’s guests:

Joe Bernstein is a Styles reporter at The New York Times.
Priya Krishna is a Food staff reporter at The New York Times.

Additional reading:

Generative A.I. is already changing the web and potentially harming itself.
The Times’s Cooking team tried cooking recipes made by ChatGPT. The results were mixed.
Mark Zuckerberg has been working out — and he’d like you to know about it.

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