Welcome to Uncanny Valleyโan insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valleyโwhere each week, WIREDโs writers and editors bring you original reporting and analysis about some of the biggest stories in tech.ย
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Kevin Roose Didnโt Use AI to Write His Book About AI
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 โข Duration 35:57
The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book โwas written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.โ
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Are AI Agents Worth the Risk? and Trumpโs Pinky Swear AI Safety โAccord
Thursday, October 1, 2026 โข Duration 44:44
This week, President Trump issued a new โmorally bindingโ 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 โ weโll talk about OpenAIโs 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 โ we bring you a quick rundown of the most extremist candidates running for office.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
Trumpโs AI Safety โAccordโ Is a Fancy Pinky Swearย
These Extremists Are Running for Election in Novemberย
A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a โPestilenceโ Who Will End Western Civilization
I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Riskย
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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There Is No โExistential Threatโ From AI Says Timnit Gebru
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 โข Duration 31:43
One of AIโs fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Inside the Network of Anonymous Men Destroying Young Women's Lives
Thursday, September 24, 2026 โข Duration 19:14
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 WIREDโs senior writer Ej Dickson to discuss the burnerverse โ 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 whoโve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now sheโs 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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Patti Harrison Grew Up With Tech As Her North Star. Not Anymore
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 โข Duration 34:43
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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What Would the AI Apocalypse Look Like? We Went Looking for Answers
Thursday, September 17, 2026 โข Duration 37:05
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 โ including hacked water supplies, bioweapons, and autonomous robots. We also discuss the highlights of Salesforceโs annual conference, where OpenAIโs Sam Altman and Anthropicโs Dario Amodei defended their positions on AI safety. Plus โ 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 Isnโt Buying Silicon Valleyโs Call for an AI Slowdown | WIREDย
Washington Wonโt Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon | WIREDย
Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone | WIREDย
OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal | WIREDย
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If the US Collapses Soon, Donโt Blame Emily St. John Mandel
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 โข Duration 34:01
Emily St. John Mandelโs 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. This month, sheโs releasing her newest novel, Exit Party, which imagines two possible American futuresโtotalitarian state and post-civil-war chaos.ย
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So, Can AI Kill Us All?; Appleโs Foldable iPhone; the Censusโ Bad Data Problem
Thursday, September 10, 2026 โข Duration 30:05
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. WIREDโs Will Knight joins Brian and Leah to assess whether the doom narrative is overblown or overdue. We also discuss Appleโs 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 โ a WIRED investigation found that the US Census Bureau used faulty data to create a misleading report touted by the Trump administration.ย
Articles mentioned in this episode:
OpenAI Just Claimed a Huge Math Discovery. Some Academics Are Crying Foulย
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says Itโs โCrunch Time for Humanityโย
A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions | WIRED
Apple Debuts the iPhone Duo, Its First Folding iPhone | WIREDย ย
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MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 โข Duration 29:15
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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How Flock Cameras Actually Work; George Santos' Kalshi Ban; AI Rogue "Civilizations"
Thursday, September 3, 2026 โข Duration 32:20
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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