Tom Steyer Makes His Case for Billionaires

Tom Steyer Makes His Case for Billionaires

California’s gubernatorial race is drawing national attention, with several Democrats and two Republicans vying for incumbent Gavin Newsom’s seat. Among them is hedge fund billionaire turned gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer. He joins Katie to explain why he wants to tax billionaires, regulate AI and the role he wants California to play in the national conversation about artificial intelligence. Here on Big Interview, Katie will be having a series of conversations with candidates who are shaking things up in this election cycle. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Did China’s Moonshot AI Steal From Anthropic?; OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models

Did China’s Moonshot AI Steal From Anthropic?; OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models

This week, the White House accused Chinese-owned Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable 5 to build their much talked about Kimi K3 model. Zoë, Leah, and Brian break down whether this is a repeat ...

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Stanford Grads Say Big Tech Is Creating a 'Modern-Day Draft’

Stanford Grads Say Big Tech Is Creating a 'Modern-Day Draft’

More than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why. Join WIRED’s best ...

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Why Apple Sued OpenAI; New York Takes On Data Centers; Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

Why Apple Sued OpenAI; New York Takes On Data Centers; Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

This week, the team discusses the details behind Apple suing OpenAI over alleged stolen hardware secrets. And the company's headaches don't stop there — a group of OpenAI employees just started a Supe...

18 Heinä 38min

We Interviewed a Puppet and It Made A Lot of Sense

We Interviewed a Puppet and It Made A Lot of Sense

Attitudes around social media are changing. A Pew Research study found that about half of teens surveyed in 2024 felt that social media had a mostly negative impact on their age group. A group advocat...

14 Heinä 40min

Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X; Trump Phone Review; Maine's Senate Race Implodes

Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X; Trump Phone Review; Maine's Senate Race Implodes

Threads recently hit 500 million monthly users, putting it on par with X — but is it really competing, or just filling a different niche? Meanwhile, the reviews have been coming in for the Trump-brand...

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From Mixed Signals: Bluesky COO Rose Wang on building a better social network

From Mixed Signals: Bluesky COO Rose Wang on building a better social network

Bluesky COO Rose Wang joins our friends at Semafor's Mixed Signals to talk about the platform’s reputation as a politically charged space — and betting on a decentralized approach to social media. Sem...

7 Heinä 40min

Bernie Sanders Wants You to Own Half the Profits from AI

Bernie Sanders Wants You to Own Half the Profits from AI

While many politicians are still getting their bearings around AI, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has taken a leading stance. He’s proposed a sovereign wealth fund, to allow Americans to share in half...

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Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie; Data Center Workers Are Fighting Back

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie; Data Center Workers Are Fighting Back

This week, the team discusses Amazon’s controversial decision to drop Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI’s Sam Altman — which reportedly did not paint him in a favorable light. Alongside Google DeepM...

25 Kesä 35min