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The No Chit-Chat Appeal of Self-Driving Cars

WIRED's Aarian Marshal on the (boring) predictability of self-driving cars — and what's gained and lost when there's no human taxi driver to kibitz with.

The No Chit-Chat Appeal of Self-Driving Cars

Uncanny Valley | WIRED

4 MINS

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Amazon Didn't Just Add AI to Alexa - They Also Made It More Screen-Focused

Amazon has added AI to Alexa so you can now speak to it more naturally. They also made the product better with a screen, says Alexa chief Panos Panay.

Amazon Didn't Just Add AI to Alexa - They Also Made It More Screen-Focused

Decoder with Nilay Patel

2 MINS

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How Silicon Valley Elites Came to Embrace Alt-Right Ideology

CNN's Elle Reeve describes how Silicon Valley became the intellectual center of the right, as she and Lizzie O'Leary chart the path from 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE.

How Silicon Valley Elites Came to Embrace Alt-Right Ideology

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

4 MINS

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How AI Will Change the Music Business

Composer Mark Henry Phillips thinks AI will soon take over his job. So he tested whether a computer could make a score for a cute romantic TV scene that’s as good as his.

Plain English with Derek Thompson

6 MINS

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Humanoid Robot Startups Are Hot. This AI Expert Cuts Through the Hype.

After AI, humanoid robots are perhaps the next hottest thing in Silicon Valley. AI and robotics expert Ayanna Howard shares what's possible now and what's not yet.

Humanoid Robot Startups Are Hot. This AI Expert Cuts Through the Hype.

Bold Names

5 MINS

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Talk Whale to Me: How AI Is Unlocking Human-Animal Communication

The Earth Species Project is using AI to understand what birds, whales, and other animals say to each other.

Talk Whale to Me: How AI Is Unlocking Human-Animal Communication

Life with Machines

3 MINS

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Protesting Tesla Can Actually Hurt Musk

Most of Elon Musk's wealth is tied to his Tesla shares, which are priced more on vibes than car sales. Author Ed Niedermeyer says that makes Musk vulnerable.

Tech Won't Save Us

4 MINS

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Alexa Gets AI. But Does It Solve Any Real Problems?

Nilay Patel and David Imel discuss Alexa's new AI powers... and whether the imagined use cases for it ("Alexa: create a nighttime routine for my house") are just that: imagined.

Alexa Gets AI. But Does It Solve Any Real Problems?

The Vergecast

5 MINS

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How AI Changes the Way Startups and Incumbents Compete

Small teams, powered by AI, are all the rage right now. Sequoia partner Ravi Gupta discusses how AI has fundamentally changed startup vs. incumbent competition.

How AI Changes the Way Startups and Incumbents Compete

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

5 MINS

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Coming Soon: Clean Energy Beamed Down from Outer Space

Inventor Pablos Holman makes science fiction become reality. He says we'll soon have solar panels in space, beaming clean energy to Earth.

Coming Soon: Clean Energy Beamed Down from Outer Space

CRAFTED.

4 MINS

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Stripe's Founders on Why Stablecoins Are "Finally Happening"

The founders of Stripe explain the value of stablecoins and why they may eat into Visa and Mastercard's money movement dominance.

Stripe's Founders on Why Stablecoins Are "Finally Happening"

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

4 MINS

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Microsoft's CEO Says Ignore "A.G.I." Hype; Measure A.I. on GDP Growth

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says ignore the "A.G.I." hype. His measure of A.I.'s success will be if the world's annual GDP rises.

Microsoft's CEO Says Ignore "A.G.I." Hype; Measure A.I. on GDP Growth

Dwarkesh Podcast

5 MINS

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How Grief Led Geoffrey Hinton to Focus on AI Safety

Geoffrey Hinton, the "godfather of AI," says the way his wives approached their cancer diagnoses — one with denial, the other rationally — informs his view on AI safety.

How Grief Led Geoffrey Hinton to Focus on AI Safety

TechStuff

4 MINS

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Tracking Trump's DEI Data Purge

Reporter Jason Koebler is tracking the code and copy changes being made to websites under Trump’s DEI purge. He says he’s witnessing the “banality of evil."

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

5 MINS

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BuzzFeed's CEO on Why They Are Building a New Social Network

Jonah Peretti describes Buzzfeed's aspirations to create a new social media platform focused on empowering the user.

BuzzFeed's CEO on Why They Are Building a New Social Network

Channels with Peter Kafka

3 MINS

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Silicon Valley Enters Its Imperial Era

VP JD Vance gives a nationalistic speech at the AI Summit in Paris, as the US refused to sign an international agreement.

System Crash

5 MINS

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How to Prepare for (Even More) Deepfakes

We should "prepare, not panic" about AI deepfakes, says the leader of WITNESS, a non-profit that supports human rights activists and journalists.

How to Prepare for (Even More) Deepfakes

CRAFTED. | Future around and find out. Learn from the technologists crafting the future.

3 MINS

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The No Chit-Chat Appeal of Self-Driving Cars

Uncanny Valley | WIRED

Amazon Didn't Just Add AI to Alexa - They Also Made It More Screen-Focused

Decoder with Nilay Patel

How Silicon Valley Elites Came to Embrace Alt-Right Ideology

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

How AI Will Change the Music Business

Plain English with Derek Thompson

Humanoid Robot Startups Are Hot. This AI Expert Cuts Through the Hype.

Bold Names

Talk Whale to Me: How AI Is Unlocking Human-Animal Communication

Life with Machines

Protesting Tesla Can Actually Hurt Musk

Tech Won't Save Us

Alexa Gets AI. But Does It Solve Any Real Problems?

The Vergecast

How AI Changes the Way Startups and Incumbents Compete

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Coming Soon: Clean Energy Beamed Down from Outer Space

CRAFTED.

Stripe's Founders on Why Stablecoins Are "Finally Happening"

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Microsoft's CEO Says Ignore "A.G.I." Hype; Measure A.I. on GDP Growth

Dwarkesh Podcast

How Grief Led Geoffrey Hinton to Focus on AI Safety

TechStuff

Tracking Trump's DEI Data Purge

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

BuzzFeed's CEO on Why They Are Building a New Social Network

Channels with Peter Kafka

Silicon Valley Enters Its Imperial Era

System Crash

How to Prepare for (Even More) Deepfakes

CRAFTED. | Future around and find out. Learn from the technologists crafting the future.

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