Digital Digging
von Henk van Ess
How to fight AI hallucinations: start with your own question
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Welcome to Digital Digging, the podcast where AI and investigative research collide in what can only be described as a digital dumpster fire of possibilities. Hosted by Henk van Ess, a man who willingly handed his voice over to a machine (because why not?), we explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we uncover, analyze, and inevitably freak out over information online.
Each episode unpacks everything from spotting AI-generated texts—yes, AI trying to fool you—and uncovering global secrets using open-source intelligence, all while featuring two AI co-hosts, Castor and Pollux, because what’s a podcast without some virtual sidekicks? Think of them as the Alexa of bad advice, but with slightly more charm.
We’ll cover the latest tools, mind-bending techniques, and possibly even a few ethical dilemmas—because AI isn’t going to raise them itself, is it? Whether you’re a journalist, a researcher, or just someone who fears the robot uprising but can’t look away, Digital Digging is your crash course on the brave, new, and slightly terrifying world of AI in investigations. Buckle up, because the future’s here, and it’s weird.
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- How to fight AI hallucinations: start with your own question · 22 Min.Eight ways we slip up, and they are all the same slip: part of your answer is already in your question, you do not notice, and the machine does. It finds the answer sitting in…
- Episode 9: From hidden data to insight: the power of vibecoding · 13 Min.Imagine walking past a fancy restaurant. The menu is posted in a glass case outside. Truffle pasta. Wagyu beef. You can see everything, read every description—but you can’t eat…
- How Claude was weaponized by hackers · 12 Min. · Staffel 1 Folge 7NEW PODCAST Henk here! It’s been a while. Today I’m sharing something unprecedented. The first documented case of a fully autonomous AI cyberattack. A Chinese state-sponsored…
- Episode 7 of Podcast / How DeepSeek controls the conversation · 21 Min.Henk van Ess's article DeepSeek: The Real Price of China's AI investigates DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, whose seemingly inexpensive ChatGPT competitor masks a sophisticated…
- Claude VisualPDF: Why It’s a Big Deal · 9 Min.Ever wish a chatbot could actually see what’s in a PDF instead of just skimming the text? Well, Claude—the AI chatbot—is now able to analyse the visual information. Imagine the…
- The Shitification of Google · 14 Min.Paul Myers (BBC Verify) and me, Henk van Ess sat down in London to discuss a pressing issue: the shitification of Google. Yes, that’s right—Google has slowly been losing its…
- Never use "summarize this"! (Podcast) · 12 Min.Welcome to Digital Digging, I’m Henk van Ess, and today I talk about summarizing with AI chatbots. You’ve probably tried it—just typing “Summarize this” into ChatGPT and hoping…
- Cracking cases through a delicate dance of human and machine · 16 Min.Following two AI-generated episodes, I am delighted to announce that this one is entirely human-created - taped via my phone. Join me and Chris Lunday from Business Insider for a…
- The Digital Co-Pilot: AI Above the Clouds · 11 Min.Why is the flight so fast? At first glance, it seemed simple – tailwinds, right? We unravel the mystery of a New York to Phoenix flight with the help of ChatGPT through a maze of…
- How to Detect Fake AI-Texts · 18 Min.In this first episode of Digital Digging, we explore how to spot AI-generated content and the tools that can help in this process. Henk van Ess, known for his expertise in…
