On today’s episode, our host Zoë Schiffer is joined by WIRED’s senior politics writer Jake Lahut to run through five of the most important stories we published this week—from how bitcoin miners have been racing this year to beat the tariffs, to how AI was used to find a missing hiker in the Italian Alps. Then, Zoë and Jake discuss the details around OpenAI’s latest partnership with the federal government.
Mentioned in this episode:
OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership, by Zoë Schiffer and Will Knight
Trumpworld Knows Epstein Is a Problem. But They Can’t Solve It, by Jake Lahut
Charter Planes and Bidding Wars: How Bitcoin Miners Raced to Beat Trump’s Tariffs, by Joel Khalili
Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History, by Dell Cameron
US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, by Mark Harris
A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year—Until an AI System Recognized His Helmet, by Marta Abbà
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