The Airline That Said Its Chatbot Was Its Own Guy

The Daily Slop Show · Oct 26, 2026 · 7m

Air Canada told a judge its customer-service bot was a separate legal person, which is a sentence a human being typed on purpose. Plus a Kentucky school planner featuring the great American state of Venecky, six agents going nuclear over one train refund, and a virtual pop star on maternity leave.

In this edition

The bot is a separate person, Your Honour

Meanwhile

Welcome to the great state of Venecky

Slop, or not?

Something useful: the detector changes its mind

Something weird: maternity leave

Tomorrow

Chapters

0:07 — Cold open

0:33 — The bot is a separate person, Your Honour…