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Uncanny Valley | WIRED

by WIRED

A Former DOGE Staffer Speaks Out

27.06.2025 • 00:41:07

Zoë Schiffer is joined by WIRED’s Vittoria Elliott to discuss her conversation with Sahil Lavingia. Lavingia worked at Elon Musk’s so-called Departmen...

Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight

26.06.2025 • 00:39:57

Disney and Universal recently filed suit against Midjourney, an AI image generation startup, alleging the company has become a “bottomless pit of plag...

Seriously, What Is 'Superintelligence'?

19.06.2025 • 00:37:33

Meta just announced a major move in its AI efforts – investing in Scale AI and building a superintelligence AI research lab. While Meta has been tryin...

The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the L.A. Protests

13.06.2025 • 00:18:15

In recent days, Los Angeles residents have taken to the streets to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and the increasingly freque...

Unpacking AI Agents

12.06.2025 • 00:35:53

In the past six months, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others have released web-browsing agents that are designed to complete tasks independently, wit...

One, Big, Beautiful Breakup

06.06.2025 • 00:22:51

WIRED's Senior Politics Editor Leah Feiger joins Zoë Schiffer, WIRED's Director of Business & Industry to discuss the ongoing fallout between Presiden...

Why Silicon Valley Needs Immigration

05.06.2025 • 00:34:57

Expanded deportations, a virtually shutdown asylum process, increased scrutiny of H1-B visa applicants—immigration policy has been overhauled under th...

Let's Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating In The Classroom

22.05.2025 • 00:49:47

There’s been a lot of talk about how AI tools like ChatGPT are changing education. Students are using AI to do research, write papers, and get better ...

Why 3D Printing an Untraceable ‘Ghost Gun’ is Easier Than Ever

20.05.2025 • 00:18:32

WIRED’s Senior Writer, Andy Greenberg, has been reporting on ghost guns for years. He first used a 3D printer to assemble a gun more than a decade ago...

Is Elon Musk Really Stepping Back from DOGE?

15.05.2025 • 00:41:39

Elon Musk says he’s stepping back from his role with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to turn his attention to his businesses—most ur...