On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” our senior business editor joins us to talk about the Trump administration’s deals with chipmakers, OpenAI’s potential $500 billion valuation—and ants.

The xAI lawsuit claims that Grok’s ranking below ChatGPT is a sign of allegedly monopolistic behavior.

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dig into WIRED’s latest—from crude deportation memes to GPT-5’s negative reception.

The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to spend trillions of dollars to win.

Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHilter happened.

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 with the US government.

The ChatGPT maker is providing its frontier AI models to federal agencies for $1 for the next year.

Elon Musk’s DOGE minions have largely moved out of the General Services Administration. A dystopian scene of bedding and discarded kids’ toys remains.

The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.

As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo.

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, our senior politics editor discusses the spread of disinformation online following the onset of the Los Angeles protests.