I noticed that Techmeme is currently boosting some guy's podcast to the very top of their website as a headline. I've also noticed the website overall becoming very deafeningly pro-AI in the past six months, often using the same idea in my screenshot to boost pro-AI content to the same headline spot or "above the fold" at the very least.

Are they taking kickbacks somehow? I don't see how a random podcast deserves headline treatment like this unless they got paid or some kind of kickback to promote it. And even then, it's not labeled as promoted content. The whole thing smells fishy to me.