Uncanny Valley Podcast

If you read any of WIRED’s recent AI edition, you know that lots of people are spending lots of time talking about how the technology is revolutionizing pretty much everything—from coding to writing to accounting. You’ve also probably heard…

Chatter about an AI bubble has been everywhere lately, and top tech companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft have doubled down on their AI investments for 2026. But how have analysts in the past accurately identified forming tech bubbles?…

When the history of AI is written, Steven Adler may just end up being its Paul Revere—or at least, one of them—when it comes to safety.Last month Adler, who spent four years in various safety roles at OpenAI, wrote a piece for The New York…

Kara Swisher is the epitome of a multi-hyphenate: a podcast host, journalist, author, and CEO agitator.Swisher has also, in her way, turned IDGAF into her personal brand. Deeply sourced and happy to ask the hard questions, she doesn’t care…

The thing that gets me, and I'm really curious about your take on this, Brian, as someone with children, that the guides these people that were brought in, they were actually in the room with students helping them with any technological…

Lauren Goode: Well, they're all interested in growing more. Who among us, Mike? But the hyperscalers refers to this class of major tech companies or cloud service providers. So Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, they're all in that…