Articles mentioned in this episode: George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban Google Engineer Accused of Polymarket Insider Trading Says He Was Just Gambling This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other You can follow Brian Barrett on Bluesky at @brbarrett, Zoë Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer, Leah Feiger on Bluesky at @leahfeiger, and Kate Knibbs on Bluesky at @knibbs. Write to us at [email protected]. How to Listen You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link.
You can also download an app like Overcast or Pocket Casts and search for “uncanny valley.” We’re on Spotify too. Transcript Note: This is an automated transcript, which may contain errors. Leah Feiger: Hey guys, so nice to be back after our two-week summer break.
Zoë Schiffer: Longer for me. It's so nice to see you guys. Leah Feiger: I missed you.
Zoë Schiffer: I missed you. Leah Feiger: Brian, don't worry. Brian Barrett: I assumed that the you was for all of us.
Zoë Schiffer: It was the royal you. Brian Barrett: But now that you've carved me out, that's telling. Zoë Schiffer: Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley.
I'm Zoë Schiffer, contributing editor. Brian Barrett: I'm Brian Barrett, executive editor. Leah Feiger: And I'm Leah Feiger, director of politics and science.
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