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Welcome to Uncanny Valley—an insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley—where each week, WIRED’s writers and editors bring you original reporting and analysis about some of the biggest stories in tech. On Tuesdays, The Big Interview with WIRED’s Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond in…

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Uncanny Valley | WIRED

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

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

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

MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom

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

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

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

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

What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply?

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

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

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

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

Everyone Is Using AI in Hollywood

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

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

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

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

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

We Interviewed a Puppet and It Made A Lot of Sense

Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X; Trump Phone Review; Maine's Senate Race Implodes

From Mixed Signals: Bluesky COO Rose Wang on building a better social network

Bernie Sanders Wants You to Own Half the Profits from AI

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie; Data Center Workers Are Fighting Back

Until Trump Fires Her, Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom

Tim Heidecker Thinks Twitter Should Be a World Heritage Site

Why Anthropic Shut Down Its Best AI (Special News Update)

Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

Trump Foe Mounts Competitive Senate Bid in Florida

The AI IPO Race Gets Weird; Elon Musk Sued By DOGE Whistleblower; Instagram's Hacking Incident

The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

How Crypto Scam Compounds Use Romance to Make Billions

How the Internet Could Help the Iranian People

Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search Is Over; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Tom Steyer Makes His Case for Billionaires

Trump’s Tech Posse in China; Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman?; Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

The Creators of Hacks Really, Really, Really Hate AI

Trump Pivots On AI Regulation; What Is Hantavirus?; Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office

What’s the ‘Chicken Shop Date’ Creator’s Secret? Creative Control

Musk v. Altman; Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?; DOJ Dismantles Voting Rights Unit

‘Stop Trying to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto’ Says Actor Ben McKenzie

Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

LegalEagle, the Internet’s Favorite Lawyer, Makes Sense of ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’

Artemis II Astronaut Reflects Upon Return

Kara Swisher Is Trying To Live Forever

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own

OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home

Can UpScrolled Keep Up With a Surge in Users?

Iran Targets U.S. Tech; Polymarket’s Bar Flop; Trump's Plans for Midterms

The Myth That AI Will Replace Language Learning

Trump's 80s Movie Approach to Foreign Policy w/ Chris Hayes

Nvidia’s “Super Bowl of AI”; Tesla Disappoints Fans; Meta’s VR Metaverse Is Over

Can Anthropic Win Its Lawsuit?; War Memes; AI Comes for VCs Jobs

Iran Strikes in the AI Era; Prediction Markets Ethics; Paramount Beats Netflix

BIG INTV: Open AI’s Former Safety Lead Calls Out Erotica Claims (Rerun)

Pentagon v. ‘Woke’ Anthropic; Agentic v. Mimetic; Trump v. the State of the Union

BIG INTV: Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’ (Re-Run)

AI Researcher Resignations; Bots Hiring Humans; Evie Magazine’s Party

ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans; Palantir Employees’ Ethical Concerns; AI Assistants

Tech Elites in the Epstein Files; Musk’s Mega Merger; Crypto Scam Compound

BIG INTV: Fallout Director Jonathan Nolan Says He's Still a Techno-Optimist

BIG INTV: Silicon Valley Tech Workers’ Campaign to Get ICE Out of US Cities

Minneapolis Misinformation; TikTok’s New Owners; Moltbot Hype

Trump Davos Drama; AI Midterms; ChatGPT's Last Resort

BIG INTV: Wikipedia's Founder on Holding the Line in a Post Fact World

BIG INTV: Reid Hoffman Wants Silicon Valley to ‘Stand Up’

BIG INTV: Margaret Atwood on Doomscrolling: ‘I Want to Keep Up With the Latest Doom’

BIG INTV: CTO Elizabeth Stone On The Future of Netflix: “Personalized, Interactive, Immersive”

WIRED Roundup: The Five Tech and Politics Trends That Shaped 2025

Introducing A New Chapter for Uncanny Valley

BIG INTV: AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn’t Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs

WIRED Roundup: Making Art In the AI Era, With Wicked’s Jon. M Chu

AMD CEO Lisa Su Isn’t Afraid of the Competition

BIG INTV: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie: ‘We Are a City on the Rise’

WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, Amazon AI Releases

What Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents

BIG INTV: Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’

WIRED Roundup: Epstein Files Fallout, NVIDIA Earnings, Gemini 3 Release

Can Tech Get Rid of Bad Trips?