WIRED Roundup: OpenAI Announces New Government Partnership

Uncanny Valley | WIRED

• Episode: WIRED Roundup: OpenAI Announces New Government Partnership
• Website: Uncanny Valley | WIRED
• Feed URL: https://publicfeeds.net/f/5901/gadget-lab
• Duration: 00:21:23
• Published: 2025-08-08 14:05

In today’s episode, Zoë is joined by WIRED’s 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. 

Live show tickets at: https://www.kqed.org/event/5459

Articles mentioned in this episode: 

• OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership | WIRED 
• Trumpworld Knows Epstein Is a Problem. But They Can’t Solve It | WIRED
• Charter Planes and Bidding Wars: How Bitcoin Miners Raced to Beat Trump’s Tariffs | WIRED
• Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History | WIRED
• US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush | WIRED
• A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year—Until an AI System Recognized His Helmet | WIRED