Taylor Lorenz’s Power User

The Girlboss-ification of AI: How Big Tech Is Gaslighting Women Into AI w/ Kat Tenbarge

April 22, 2026·1h 1m
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AI companies are secretly waging a massive PR campaign targeting women.Support my independent journalism: 🙏 Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz      ⁠ 🗞️ Buy a paid subscription to my Substack: ⁠https://www.usermag.co     In the past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta have launched an aggressive PR campaign to rebrand artificial intelligence for women, especially mothers and teen girls. Suddenly AI isn't an existential threat or a labor displacement machine. It's a "lifestyle accessory," a "creative tool," and your new girly best friend. Kat Tenbarge of Spitfire News joins me to expose the AI "Hot Girl Economy" and how tech giants are using aesthetic trends to Trojan-horse AI into our daily lives. We cover everything from viral Studio Ghibli filters and the AI puppy photo craze, to how startups like Higgsfield are targeting fashion influencers.  We discuss what this "AI girly pop era" is designed to distract you from: extreme labor displacement, massive energy consumption, and the tech industry becoming increasingly intertwined with the US War Machine.SUPPORT POWER USER 💖 Patreon (bonus episodes, monthly Q&As, livestreams): ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz    📬 User Mag Substack: https://usermag.co  🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts ⭐ Please rate and review — it genuinely helps the show get discovered!!!#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GoogleGemini #WomenInTech #HotGirlEconomy #KatTenbarge #TechIndustry #Pinkwashing #SocialMediaTrends

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