Today we have a look at how YouTube’s new AI rules will (and will not) affect podcasting, another late-night host ditching TV for audio, and a bunch of your recs on podcasts covering the Israel-Hamas war.

**What do YouTube’s new AI rules mean for podcasts? Not much.**

This morning, YouTube released new terms regarding AI-generated content on its platform. The company is creating a two-tier system in the way it moderates such content: a strict set of rules for music and a looser, nearly unenforceable standard for everything else (including podcasts).