{"podcast":{"title":"Uncanny Valley | WIRED","slug":"uncanny-valley-wired-827527","podcast_index_feed_id":827527,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CNE6423132305","website_url":"https://www.wired.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6828dcf0-73c7-11f1-8e44-4334db49fd73/image/2969f8841f8d21a4d8f7e1f7c49dedb6.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"WIRED","episode_count":455,"summary":"Welcome to Uncanny Valley—an insider look at the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley—where each week, WIRED’s writers and editors bring you original reporting and analysis about some of the biggest stories in tech. On Tuesdays, The Big Interview with WIRED’s Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond in conversation with influential figures in culture, politics, business, science, and beyond for a discussion captured through the WIRED lens. On Thursdays, WIRED writers and editors Zoë Schiffer, Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger add you to the Slack group thread to let you into what they’re hearing from sources in Silicon Valley and D.C, read you into what trends you should be watching for and how WIRED is thinking about it all.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T00:19:12.139072+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncanny-valley-wired-827527"},"episode":{"title":"Pentagon v. ‘Woke’ Anthropic; Agentic v. Mimetic; Trump v. the State of the Union","slug":"pentagon-v-woke-anthropic-agentic-v-mimetic-trump-v-the-state-of-the-union","published_at":"2026-02-26T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncanny-valley-wired-827527/pentagon-v-woke-anthropic-agentic-v-mimetic-trump-v-the-state-of-the-union","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncanny-valley-wired-827527","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_5901_86e757fe-4295-48ca-8940-16b4f0a8115b&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F5901%2Fgadget-lab","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/e44d6f/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/uJwtcKQUPuqBQPfusm59/dovetail.prxu.org/5901/86e757fe-4295-48ca-8940-16b4f0a8115b/Uncanny_Valley_S2E6_Mix1_022526.mp3","summary":"This week, the team dives into the feud that has been brewing between Anthropic and the Pentagon — and what it says about how the government interacts with tech companies. Later, Zoë tells us why figuring out whether you are agentic or mimetic has become the new litmus test in Silicon Valley. Plus, we discuss the key takeaways from the State of the Union address and give a farewell to the TAT-8 undersea cables — the ones that made our modern internet possible. Articles mentioned in this episode: Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era? | WIRED Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian's newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"This week, the team dives into the feud that has been brewing between Anthropic and the Pentagon — and what it says about how the government interacts wit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1882,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uncanny-valley-wired-827527/episodes/pentagon-v-woke-anthropic-agentic-v-mimetic-trump-v-the-state-of-the-union/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncanny-valley-wired-827527/pentagon-v-woke-anthropic-agentic-v-mimetic-trump-v-the-state-of-the-union.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}