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Hacking Humans · N2K Networks

AI ate my homework.

February 26, 2026·52 min·3 clips
Lawyers allegedly recruited women into unnecessary surgeries specifically to strengthen their own mass tort lawsuits.
No follow-up, straight to stories. Maria arrives genuinely pleased with a BBC tech contributor's fake blog post about competitive hot dog eating. It is a silly setup, and the room gives it space. Thomas Germain, co-host of The Interface, wrote the false claim to make a point about AI misinformation. Someone immediately tries to claim the crown, because of course Hacking Humans can turn hot dogs into a debate. Then the joke starts doing real work. Maria treats the post as more than a stunt and walks through why it landed. The tone changes fast. Another story turns to people allegedly steered toward pelvic mesh removals they may not have needed, and nobody lets that sit lightly. The details get uglier as they pile up: high-interest loans, future legal settlements, insurance rights, and arbitration clauses people may not have understood. Dave keeps asking if it gets worse. It does. The panel moves from disbelief to disgust, but they stay with the mechanics. The alleged incentive is the nasty part. Lawsuits over pelvic mesh devices could be stronger if the device had already been removed, which turns surgery into part of the legal machine. The hosts sit with the obvious risk: removing something placed for a reason can cause new medical problems. Then the money comes back in. The lawsuits were reportedly bundled and sold to other law firms for $40 million, with litigation finance companies backing the deals. The episode closes by stepping back into house business, with a ThreatLocker read and the usual Hacking Humans credits outside the main conversation.

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A funny AI misinformation stunt opens the door to a darker look at trust, paperwork, and exploitation.

Hacking Humans opens with a comic premise that is almost too neat: Thomas Germain plants a fake claim that he is the world's best competitive hot dog eating tech journalist, then uses it to probe how AI misinformation can take on a life of its own.

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You want a fake-AI stunt that turns into a real warning, then a grim lawsuit rabbit hole.

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