Uncanny Valley Podcast
Welcome to Uncanny Valley—an insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley. Join hosts Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Zoë Schiffer as they break down a new story or phenomenon bubbling up in Silicon Valley.
Business
Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Culture
Anonymous Men Have Turned Cyberharassment Into a Group Sport—Here’s One Woman’s Side of the Story
By Zoë Schiffer and Ej Dickson
Business
Here’s What the AI Apocalypse Could Look Like
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Business
Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Business
AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?
By Zoë Schiffer and Will Knight
Security
China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?
By Brian Barrett and Andy Greenberg
Business
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Andy Greenberg
Business
ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Molly Taft
Business
Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Is Missing Some Key Names: OpenAI and Anthropic
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Business
China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Business
‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
By Katie Drummond
Business
Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Emily Mullin
Politics
Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the Trump Phone Arrives
By Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger