WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain

In today’s episode, Zöe is joined by WIRED’s Leah Feiger to run through five of the best stories you need to know about — from how AI is eliminating entry level jobs to how a secretive Democrat group is funding high-profile influencers. Then, Zöe and Leah dive into the scoop that AI researchers recently recruited to Meta’s Superintelligence Lab are already leaving — some of them, back to OpenAI.

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Join WIRED’s best and brightest as they provide an insider analysis of the overlap between tech and politics, from the influence of Silicon Valley on the Trump administration to how inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots fanned the fire on social protests.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

• Researchers Are Already Leaving Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab | WIRED
• AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers | WIRED
• Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings | WIRED
• A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers | WIRED
• What It’s Like Watching Dozens of Bodies Decompose (for Science)

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