What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

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Every Friday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.

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Friday · 39 min
The Making of Elon Musk
Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour long documentary on the world’s richest man is also about the world that created him.
October 2 · 31 min
ChatGPT Doesn't Love You
Maybe all of that messy human friction had a point beyond just, say, getting a spaghetti sauce recipe.
September 25 · 27 min
Is the A.I. Race Real?
How the US and China are different—and similar—in their thoughts on the technology.
September 18 · 30 min
But HOW Might A.I. Kill Us All?
When you gaze into the black box, the black box calculates how best to gaze back.
September 11 · 27 min
A.I-pocalypse Now?
How freaked out should we be by the ‘Hugging Face Incident’?
September 4 · 27 min
Meta Settled. Is it a "Reckoning?"
And Are Youtube and TikTok next?
August 28 · 32 min
A.I. Enshittifies Everything (Still)
Cory Doctorow on how the bubble bursts.
August 21 · 33 min
Can the Midterms Withstand Prediction Markets?
The popular "contract-trading platforms" have election workers worried about our electoral system - and their lives.
August 14 · 27 min
Are Flock Cameras Watching You?
The surveillance tech company promises safety and the return of missing loved ones. But what else are these omnipresent cameras capturing?
August 7 · 32 min
Artificial Intelligence, Very Real Debt
How did we end up betting the economy on companies that have never turned a profit?
July 31 · 32 min
Can We Trust the Jobs Report?
How well do surveys still work, to tell us who’s working?
July 24 · 6 min
Off-the-Record: Wait, You Ran THAT Boston Marathon?
A close examination of where the rubber meets the road.
July 24 · 24 min
Trump’s Only Friend
Steve Witkoff is doing deals. For America, and the Trump family.
July 17 · 4 min
A.I. Vs. Eh, I’m Walkin’ ‘Ere!
Data’ll show ‘em, Governor.
July 17 · 28 min
Game Over for Video Games?
Tough headwinds have the industry eyeing the reset button.
July 10 · 20 min
Should You Take Trump’s Free $1,000?
How a seemingly universal program still benefits the wealthy the most.
July 3 · 16 min
Diving In | How Food Delivery Killed Competition (And Took Your Budget With It)
Why competition without comparison fails to deliver
June 26 · 32 min
A.I. Enshittifies Everything
Cory Doctorow on how the bubble bursts.
June 19 · 27 min
Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice?
With swiftly circumvented filters and no discernment, LLMs deliver “expertise” even when they shouldn’t.
June 12 · 30 min
IPO to the Moon
SpaceX is leading A.I.'s rush to the market. Could these launches blow up your 401(k)?

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