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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.

Security

China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

By Brian Barrett and Andy Greenberg
Privacy

Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To

By 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
Culture

‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood

By Katie Drummond
Business

Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Is Missing Some Key Names: OpenAI and Anthropic

By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Business

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

By Katie Drummond
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
Culture

This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone

By Manisha Krishnan
Politics

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

By Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger
Politics

Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

By Katie Drummond
Business

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data

By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
The Big Story

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom—Until Trump Fires Her

By Katie Drummond
Business

Meta’s AI Workers Are Revolting, Peter Thiel’s Secret Society, and SBF’s Plea to Trump

By Brian Barrett and Zoë Schiffer
The Big Story

Tim Heidecker Wants to Turn Infowars Into Adult Swim for the Internet

By Katie Drummond
Business

Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine

By Brian Barrett and Zoë Schiffer
The Big Story

Alex Vindman Survived Trump’s Retaliation Machine. Now He’s Running for Senate

By Katie Drummond
Business

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Business

McLaren CEO Zak Brown Still Gets FOMO About Racing Cars

By Katie Drummond
The Big Story

The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online?

By Katie Drummond
Business

Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates

By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Video

Tom Steyer Wants to Save California From Billionaires. But Also Doesn’t Want Them to Leave

By Katie Drummond
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