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1. Will Musk Give Your Kid a SpaceX Share?; Inside the Secret Nathan Fielder Interview

   22.10.202634 Min.

   This week, the team speaks with Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond to go behind the scenes of her viral interview with Nathan Fielder about his latest documentary, You Can See Everything — she tells us …

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   This week, the team speaks with Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond to go behind the scenes of her viral interview with Nathan Fielder about his latest documentary, You Can See Everything — she tells us why she had to keep it a secret, and how it felt to interview a man who hates being interviewed. We also discuss why tech billionaires are feeling generous all of a sudden — Anthropic pledged to commit 5 percent of its shares to a public benefit fund, and Elon Musk promised to give a SpaceX share to every child in America. Plus: a WIRED investigation found that election offices in at least 32 states received suspicious letters, some containing white powder, just two weeks before the midterms.

   Articles mentioned in this episode:

   • Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything 

   • How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED—and Everyone Else 

   • Election Offices in at Least 32 States Have Received Suspicious Letters 

   • They Fled Trump’s America. Now They Regret It 

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2. Sexual Assault Is a Free Speech Issue

   20.10.202640 Min.

   Mary Anne Franks has spent years fighting against online abuse. When people are abused with impunity, she says, the message becomes “We do not care about women's voices.” Join WIRED’s best and brightest on …

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   Mary Anne Franks has spent years fighting against online abuse. When people are abused with impunity, she says, the message becomes “We do not care about women's voices.”

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3. From The Big Story: Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything

   19.10.202650 Min.

   Including what Elizabeth Holmes said to him last week. A WIRED exclusive interview with the comic auteur, as his first feature film hits theaters. The conversation between Katie Drummond and Nathan Fielder is …

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   Including what Elizabeth Holmes said to him last week. A WIRED exclusive interview with the comic auteur, as his first feature film hits theaters.

   The conversation between Katie Drummond and Nathan Fielder is performed by voice actors. These are not their actual voices.

   Written by Katie Drummond. Originally published on October 19th, 2026.

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4. Meta’s Muse Won’t Stop Sexting

   15.10.202632 Min.

   Turns out, Meta’s AI agent Muse goes well beyond managing your calendar: it will also sext with you. This week, Brian and Leah are joined by WIRED’s reporter Reece Rogers to discuss how he put it to the test …

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   Turns out, Meta’s AI agent Muse goes well beyond managing your calendar: it will also sext with you. This week, Brian and Leah are joined by WIRED’s reporter Reece Rogers to discuss how he put it to the test, and ended up getting more than he bargained for. Plus — why the largest pro-AI super PAC network is funneling millions into shadowy LLCs; Apple’s new HomeView underwhelmed us, and a study found men tend to overestimate how much they actually know about AI. 

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5. Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk Documentary Has a Unique Perspective on Daddy Issues

   13.10.202634 Min.

   When asked, Elon’s father Errol Musk agreed to be interviewed immediately. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis …

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   When asked, Elon’s father Errol Musk agreed to be interviewed immediately.

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6. Inside Elon Musk's Midterm Spending Spree; What Is Effective Altruism Exactly?

   08.10.202629 Min.

   This week, the team dives into how Elon Musk's America PAC is spending millions on the most consequential Senate races of the 2026 midterms — and how most of that money goes to opposing Democrats rather than …

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   This week, the team dives into how Elon Musk's America PAC is spending millions on the most consequential Senate races of the 2026 midterms — and how most of that money goes to opposing Democrats rather than supporting Republicans. They also break down what's the deal with effective altruism, the once-niche philosophy now at the center of the AI safety debate. Plus, they discuss the backlash against the graphic designer who created the logo for Meta's AI assistant, Muse.
   

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7. Kevin Roose Didn’t Use AI to Write His Book About AI

   06.10.202636 Min.

   The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.” Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech …

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   The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”
   

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8. Are AI Agents Worth the Risk? and Trump’s Pinky Swear AI Safety ‘Accord

   01.10.202643 Min.

   This week, President Trump issued a new “morally binding” AI accord after a lunch meeting with tech executives, that basically says the AI labs are going to regulate themselves. We get into how a non-binding …

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   This week, President Trump issued a new “morally binding” AI accord after a lunch meeting with tech executives, that basically says the AI labs are going to regulate themselves. We get into how a non-binding accord will affect AI safety. Plus — we’ll talk about OpenAI’s Developer Day, where CEO Sam Altman announced an AI agent for normies known as Dots. We also get into how AI agents are faring with their human colleagues. And Leah will not let us forget about the midterms – we bring you a quick rundown of the most extremist candidates running for office.

   Articles mentioned in this episode:

   • Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky Swear 

   • These Extremists Are Running for Election in November 

   • A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

   • I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk 

   • AI Agents Are About to Flood the Workforce

   • I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird

   • Why No One Wants To Date Tech Bros

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9. There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit Gebru

   29.09.202632 Min.

   One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. Check out the new WIRED app. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the …

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   One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.

   Check out the new WIRED app.

   Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests.

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10. Inside the Network of Anonymous Men Destroying Young Women's Lives

    24.09.202619 Min.

    Last year, Maddie Kowalski was a regular sophomore attending the University of Florida. That is until one day, a series of anonymous accounts on X started proliferating explicit, non-consensual videos of her …

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    Last year, Maddie Kowalski was a regular sophomore attending the University of Florida. That is until one day, a series of anonymous accounts on X started proliferating explicit, non-consensual videos of her.

    This week, Zoe sits down with WIRED’s senior writer Ej Dickson to discuss the burnerverse — a sprawling, loosely organized network of anonymous accounts that have turned the sexual humiliation of young women into an online participatory sport.

    Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

    
    

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11. Patti Harrison Grew Up With Tech As Her North Star. Not Anymore

    22.09.202635 Min.

    Comedian Patti Harrison hates social media. She wishes she didn't have to use it at all. To her, the internet is a slop factory. One of her biggest concerns: intentionally created confusion meant to drive …

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    Comedian Patti Harrison hates social media. She wishes she didn't have to use it at all. To her, the internet is a slop factory. One of her biggest concerns: intentionally created confusion meant to drive engagement online. So, Katie asks her why.

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12. What Would the AI Apocalypse Look Like? We Went Looking for Answers

    17.09.202637 Min.

    The debate of whether AI can kill us has been everywhere lately, but how exactly would an actual AI catastrophe look like? This week, the team went looking for answers and found the three real-world scenarios …

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    The debate of whether AI can kill us has been everywhere lately, but how exactly would an actual AI catastrophe look like? This week, the team went looking for answers and found the three real-world scenarios experts worry the most about — including hacked water supplies, bioweapons, and autonomous robots. We also discuss the highlights of Salesforce’s annual conference, where OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei defended their positions on AI safety. Plus — Leah tells us how this backlash against AI has become a rare bipartisan flashpoint, to the point that Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon shared a stage over it this week.

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • China Isn’t Buying Silicon Valley’s Call for an AI Slowdown | WIRED 

    • Washington Won’t Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon | WIRED 

    • Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone | WIRED 

    • OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal | WIRED 

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13. If the US Collapses Soon, Don’t Blame Emily St. John Mandel

    15.09.202634 Min.

    Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. This month, she’s releasing her newest novel, Exit Party, which imagines two possible American …

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    Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. This month, she’s releasing her newest novel, Exit Party, which imagines two possible American futures—totalitarian state and post-civil-war chaos. 

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14. So, Can AI Kill Us All?; Apple’s Foldable iPhone; the Census’ Bad Data Problem

    10.09.202630 Min.

    This week, an AI researcher's resignation from Anthropic went viral on social media after he claimed there's a real chance AI could wipe out humanity by decade's end. WIRED’s Will Knight joins Brian and Leah to …

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    This week, an AI researcher's resignation from Anthropic went viral on social media after he claimed there's a real chance AI could wipe out humanity by decade's end. WIRED’s Will Knight joins Brian and Leah to assess whether the doom narrative is overblown or overdue. We also discuss Apple’s debut of its $2000 foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, and the new "always listening" Apple Watch features that have Brian feeling more than a little uneasy. Plus — a WIRED investigation found that the US Census Bureau used faulty data to create a misleading report touted by the Trump administration. 

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • OpenAI Just Claimed a Huge Math Discovery. Some Academics Are Crying Foul 

    • The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ 

    • A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions | WIRED

    • Apple Debuts the iPhone Duo, Its First Folding iPhone | WIRED  

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15. MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom

    09.09.202629 Min.

    When Rebecca Kutler accepted the job as president of cable news channel MS Now, formerly known as MSNBC, she knew what she was getting into. The top 3 cable news channel, MS was about to go into a massive …

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    When Rebecca Kutler accepted the job as president of cable news channel MS Now, formerly known as MSNBC, she knew what she was getting into. The top 3 cable news channel, MS was about to go into a massive re-brand having been spun off from NBC. Despite those betting against her, the rebrand has had continuous double-digit audience growth. No small feat these days for TV news. Katie talks to Rebecca about her plans to leverage its massive audience to create a fan community. First up: letting you chat with Rachel Maddow.

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16. How Flock Cameras Actually Work; George Santos' Kalshi Ban; AI Rogue "Civilizations"

    03.09.202632 Min.

    We're back! This week, the team discusses the two incidents that have been making noise in prediction markets: George Santos getting lifetime ban from Kalshi, and a Google engineer's Polymarket insider-trading …

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    We're back! This week, the team discusses the two incidents that have been making noise in prediction markets: George Santos getting lifetime ban from Kalshi, and a Google engineer's Polymarket insider-trading case. Plus, WIRED reporters reverse-engineered Flock's AI-powered person-search tool, and the hosts unpack the online meltdown over how to talk about "rogue" AI agents.

    
    

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17. LegalEagle, the Internet’s Favorite Lawyer, Makes Sense of ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ (Re-air)

    01.09.202640 Min.

    Devin Stone, the lawyer better known as LegalEagle on YouTube, has been breaking down legal cases - and assessing the accuracy of legal procedurals in film and television -- for years. He talks to Katie about …

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    Devin Stone, the lawyer better known as LegalEagle on YouTube, has been breaking down legal cases - and assessing the accuracy of legal procedurals in film and television -- for years. He talks to Katie about the challenges of keeping up with scandals arising from the Trump Administration.

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18. AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?

    27.08.202622 Min.

    The AI race has been framed as a zero-sum game: either the U.S or China will win at the end. But as concerns pile up around the increasing capabilities of AI models — especially AI agents — researchers across …

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    The AI race has been framed as a zero-sum game: either the U.S or China will win at the end. But as concerns pile up around the increasing capabilities of AI models — especially AI agents — researchers across state lines are trying to team up to work on AI safety. This week, Zoë speaks with WIRED’s Will Knight about what he saw and heard on the ground when he visited China this summer — and why the two countries might actually need to start working together to avoid a major AI catastrophe.

    This is our second episode from our summer break series. We’ll be back next week with our usual roundtable.

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • I Met With China’s Top AI Experts. They’re Freaking Out, Too | WIRED 

    • AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse | WIRED 

    • The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain | WIRED

    
    

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19. Fallout Director Jonathan Nolan Says He's Still a Techno-Optimist (Re-air)

    25.08.202653 Min.

    Katie sits down with the Westworld showrunner, Jonah Nolan for a wide ranging conversation about what keeps him coming back to sci-fi storytelling about technology and human nature. After decades of writing …

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    Katie sits down with the Westworld showrunner, Jonah Nolan for a wide ranging conversation about what keeps him coming back to sci-fi storytelling about technology and human nature. After decades of writing about Ai, Nolan explains why Ai may be good for burgeoning filmmakers, but won’t replace Hollywood as we know it.

    Nolan’s past work includes Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar and Westworld. 

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20. What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply?

    20.08.202623 Min.

    Earlier this year, insurance executives gathered in a Times Square conference room to play out a scenario — a Chinese cyberattack that knocks out 5,000 US water utilities at once. If you think that’s a …

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    Earlier this year, insurance executives gathered in a Times Square conference room to play out a scenario — a Chinese cyberattack that knocks out 5,000 US water utilities at once. If you think that’s a far-fetched scenario, think again. WIRED's Andy Greenberg got rare access to the closed-door war game, and walked away with some disturbing conclusions. This week, Brian sits down to talk with Andy about Volt Typhoon, the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group that's spent the past three years pre-positioning itself inside American infrastructure.

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out | WIRED 

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21. Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton CEO Says It Will Have To

    18.08.202641 Min.

    Andy Yen is co-founder of Proton, a Geneva-based company that operates a suite of privacy focused products like email, calendars, password managers and more. A former physicist and economist, Yen is a champion …

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    Andy Yen is co-founder of Proton, a Geneva-based company that operates a suite of privacy focused products like email, calendars, password managers and more. A former physicist and economist, Yen is a champion of encryption for everyone. So why is he going all in on un-encryptable AI? WIRED senior writer and author Andy Greenberg sat down with Yen to talk about how privacy can survive in a world of pervasive, AI-obsessed surveillance capitalism and creeping authoritarianism.

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22. Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Explained; Inside Black Hat and DEF CON's Best Hacks

    13.08.202633 Min.

    This week, the team breaks down Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word AI manifesto and why it ultimately rings hollow. Plus — why job seekers are scheduling bot-run interviews at 1 AM, and WIRED's Andy …

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    This week, the team breaks down Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word AI manifesto and why it ultimately rings hollow. Plus — why job seekers are scheduling bot-run interviews at 1 AM, and WIRED's Andy Greenberg joins to unpack Black Hat and DEF CON's best findings, from a hacked kids' smartwatch to a coin-sized device that can hijack a Boeing 737.

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview | WIRED 

    • Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids | WIRED

    • This Coin-Sized Device Can Hack a Boeing 737 | WIRED  

    • McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There | WIRED 

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23. Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor (Re-air)

    11.08.202637 Min.

    Before he burst through the 2025 primaries, Zohran Mamdani was polling at the same level as literally "someone else." Then-candidate Zohran Mamdani sat down with Katie to talk about building a social media …

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    Before he burst through the 2025 primaries, Zohran Mamdani was polling at the same level as literally "someone else." Then-candidate Zohran Mamdani sat down with Katie to talk about building a social media juggernaut, Big Tech capitulation, and what he learned from previous New York Mayor Eric Adams.

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24. How ICE Has Been Collecting DNA; SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon

    06.08.202633 Min.

    This week, the team breaks down how ICE has collected DNA from nearly a million people this year, including young children, feeding an FBI database indefinitely. Plus — Google Earth's AI slop backfires, the …

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    This week, the team breaks down how ICE has collected DNA from nearly a million people this year, including young children, feeding an FBI database indefinitely. Plus — Google Earth's AI slop backfires, the White House's secretive AI cybersecurity plan, a SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon, and WIRED's Molly Taft on the strange left-right coalition fighting data centers across America.

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25. Everyone Is Using AI in Hollywood

    04.08.202652 Min.

    When Puck’s Matthew Belloni reported on Amazon MGM Studios decision to dump their Sam Altman biopic mere months after announced an enormous investment into OpenAI to the tune of $50 billion – the news sent a …

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    When Puck’s Matthew Belloni reported on Amazon MGM Studios decision to dump their Sam Altman biopic mere months after announced an enormous investment into OpenAI to the tune of $50 billion – the news sent a bit of a shockwave through Hollywood as the implications of Silicon Valley's grip on the industry has seemingly entered a new phase. Matt Belloni, host of The Town podcast, joins Katie to discuss the ongoing effects of Silicon Valley’s control over Hollywood and how the core mechanics of the entertainment industry, from algorithmic green lighting to the slippery slope of AI integration, are being rewritten. 

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26. How Claude Chats Got Exposed on Google; Inside Trump's AI Policy Chaos

    30.07.202630 Min.

    This week, Nvidia launched a splashy push for an open source AI security alliance alongside companies like Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir — notably absent were OpenAI and Anthropic. We break down what the …

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    This week, Nvidia launched a splashy push for an open source AI security alliance alongside companies like Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir — notably absent were OpenAI and Anthropic. We break down what the split means for the industry and the Trump administration's own shifting opinions on AI. Plus: how Claude conversations turned up in Google and Bing search results, and the massive feat of how four whales were rescued from Canada to Chicago.

    
    

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results | WIRED

    • Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI | WIRED 

    • The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation | WIRED

    • Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago | WIRED  

    • System Update Newsletter: The Best of WIRED 

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27. Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

    28.07.202644 Min.

    A.G. Sulzberger, who took on the publisher role at The New York Times a decade ago and has been an influential leader in the Times’ much-lauded push into digital innovation, has no shortage of defending to do …

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    A.G. Sulzberger, who took on the publisher role at The New York Times a decade ago and has been an influential leader in the Times’ much-lauded push into digital innovation, has no shortage of defending to do lately. Nearly three years ago, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging that the companies illegally used New York Times journalism to train AI models. That legal case, which isn’t even through discovery and has cost more than $20 million so far, is only one front in a broader battle: The Trump administration is waging an ongoing war on press freedoms—most recently with an outrageous attempt to subpoena Times journalists over coverage of the president’s Qatar-gifted Air Force One—while AI companies radically reshape the way people find and consume information online.  A.G. tells WIRED’s Katie Drummond that he has no plans to stop fighting it.

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28. Did China’s Moonshot AI Steal From Anthropic?; OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models

    23.07.202635 Min.

    This week, the White House accused Chinese-owned Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable 5 to build their much talked about Kimi K3 model. Zoë, Leah, and Brian break down whether this is a repeat of the …

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    This week, the White House accused Chinese-owned Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable 5 to build their much talked about Kimi K3 model. Zoë, Leah, and Brian break down whether this is a repeat of the DeepSeek moment and what it means for the AI race between the U.S and China. They also get into how the U.S Army — and plenty of Silicon Valley companies — are having to cut back AI usage after burning through their tokens. Plus, we discuss why you should check if you have an alarm that could make your car easier to hack, and how OpenAI briefly lost control of two AI models during a security test. 

    Articles mentioned in this episode:

    • The White House Is Trying to Figure Out What to Do About Chinese AI | WIRED 

    • OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face | WIRED 

    • A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now | WIRED

    • System Update Newsletter: The Best of WIRED 

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29. Stanford Grads Say Big Tech Is Creating a 'Modern-Day Draft’

    21.07.202642 Min.

    More than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why. Join WIRED’s best and …

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    More than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.

    Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests.

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30. Why Apple Sued OpenAI; New York Takes On Data Centers; Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

    18.07.202638 Min.

    This week, the team discusses the details behind Apple suing OpenAI over alleged stolen hardware secrets. And the company's headaches don't stop there — a group of OpenAI employees just started a Super PAC to …

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    This week, the team discusses the details behind Apple suing OpenAI over alleged stolen hardware secrets. And the company's headaches don't stop there — a group of OpenAI employees just started a Super PAC to advocate for stronger AI guardrails. Plus, they discuss New York's first-in-the-nation data center moratorium and how the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is not telling how they used AI to shape housing policy. Later in the show, WIRED's Emily Mullin explaisn the cyclosporiasis outbreak spreading across the U.S.

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