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US Tech Giants Race to Spend Billions in UK AI Push

Microsoft and Nvidia have unveiled plans to invest up to $45 billion dollars into the UK economy, in a move that will bolster...

How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More

In an increasingly divided world, one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that artificial intelligence is a hugely disruptive—and sometimes downright...

Melania Trump’s AI Era Is Upon Us

It’s unclear how Melania’s initiative will follow her goals of protecting children from the harms of AI or equipping them for a workforce...

The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ā€˜ASAP’

The White House appears to have instructed leaders at the General Services Administration (GSA) to add xAI’s Grok chatbot to a list of...

The Trump-Intel Deal Is Official

The United States government is making an $8.9 billion investment in Intel, representing a 9.9 percent stake in the company, according to a...

WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped

Zoƫ Schiffer: Right. I love how you said that. Yeah, basically, if you want to potentially try and curry favor with Trump, you...

WIRED Roundup: What’s Behind OpenAI’s Government Partnership?

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week’s news, from bitcoin miners trying to beat Trump’s tariffs to OpenAI's new deal...

Truth Social’s New AI Chatbot Is Donald Trump’s Media Diet Incarnate

When I ask the new Truth Social AI chatbot about navigating bias in the media ecosystem, it gives what I view as pretty...

Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety

At a computer security conference in Arlington, Virginia, last October, a few dozen AI researchers took part in a first-of-its-kind exercise in ā€œred...

OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership

OpenAI is partnering with the US government to make its leading frontier models available to federal employees. Under the agreement, federal agencies can...

These Democrats Think the Party Needs AI to Win Elections

The 2024 election cycle saw artificial intelligence deployed by political campaigns for the very first time. While candidates largely avoided major mishaps, the...

Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Influence on DC?

Zoƫ Schiffer: Totally. OK. I need to shift us to a new topic because I'm already feeling quite depressed. This one is about...