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Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the Trump Phone Arrives

Uncanny Valley

Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the Trump Phone Arrives

Today on Uncanny Valley, we unpack the political debacle unfolding in Maine surrounding the campaign of Democratic candidate Graham Platner.

Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

Chat Control’s Back

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

Isabella Ward

Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted

DOGE Inquiry

Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted

Vittoria Elliott

Latest

Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine

Inner Loop

Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine

Hugo Lowell

This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Compute And Conquer

This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Joel Khalili

The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

Shock Jocks

The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

Miles Klee

The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH

Drug War

The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH

Manisha Krishnan

Anthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good Graces

Inner Loop

Anthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good Graces

Hugo Lowell

A Guided Tour of Donald Trump’s Renovated Washington, DC

City Tour

A Guided Tour of Donald Trump’s Renovated Washington, DC

Hugo Lowell

The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models

Claude’s Back

The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models

Hugo Lowell

Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

The Big Interview

Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

Katie Drummond

How Hunter Biden Won the Internet

Clapback

How Hunter Biden Won the Internet

Alana Hope Levinson and Makena Kelly

The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics

Scrambled Signals

The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics

Molly Taft

The ‘Almost Homeless’ Subreddit Is a Stark Glimpse at Soaring Wealth Inequality

Lifeline

The ‘Almost Homeless’ Subreddit Is a Stark Glimpse at Soaring Wealth Inequality

Miles Klee

Trump Administration Allows Anthropic to Release Mythos to Select US Organizations

Mythos Returns

Trump Administration Allows Anthropic to Release Mythos to Select US Organizations

Maxwell Zeff

OpenAI Has New AI Models. Here’s Why You Can’t Use Them

AI Block

OpenAI Has New AI Models. Here’s Why You Can’t Use Them

Maxwell Zeff

The US Is About to Deport an Immigrant to the Center of the Ebola Crisis

Immigration Policy

The US Is About to Deport an Immigrant to the Center of the Ebola Crisis

Vittoria Elliott

Europe Is Fed Up and Wants Its Own AI

Backchannel

Europe Is Fed Up and Wants Its Own AI

Steven Levy

Ivanka and Jared’s Island Resort Could Bring Down Albania’s Prime Minister

Balkan Backlash

Ivanka and Jared’s Island Resort Could Bring Down Albania’s Prime Minister

Arbjona Çibuku

The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

Inner Loop

The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

Hugo Lowell

Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones

Mandatory Fun

Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones

Vittoria Elliott

The UK Just Lost Its Sixth Prime Minister of the Decade

Revolving Door

The UK Just Lost Its Sixth Prime Minister of the Decade

Isabella Ward

World Cup 2026

This World Cup, Bigger Might Not Really Be Better

Chris Hamill-Stewart