Intro

In today’s episode, Zöe is joined by WIRED’s Manisha Krishnan to run through five of the best stories we published this week — from how federal workers are being told to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, to Peter Thiel’s ongoing obsession with the Antichrist. Then, Zöe and Manisha break down the news of OpenAI launching a new social app for AI-generated videos. 
 
Articles mentioned in this episode: 

• OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos | WIRED 
• Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown | WIRED 
• The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession | WIRED 
• Tesla Is Urging Drowsy Drivers to Use ‘Full Self-Driving.’ That Could Go Very Wrong | WIRED
• Scientists Made Human Eggs From Skin Cells and Used Them to Form Embryos | WIRED 

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.