OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home

About this episode

This episode discusses the renewed legal feud between OpenAI and Elon Musk, issues with the Department of Justice regarding voter data, and the excitement surrounding Artemis II's launch.

This week, we discuss why OpenAI and Elon Musk’s legal feud is heating up once again — and happening alongside SpaceX’s IPO filing. We also dive into how a Department of Justice lawyer misled a judge about how they’re handling voter data, and why the Artemis II’s launch captured all of our imaginations. Articles mentioned in this episode: The DOJ Misled a Judge About How It’s Using Voter Roll Data | WIRED Artemis II’s Breathtaking View of the Far Side of the Moon | WIRED 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

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Host: WIRED

Topics covered

• OpenAI
• Elon Musk
• Department of Justice
• voter data
• Artemis II
• SpaceX
• technology

Keywords

• OpenAI
• Elon Musk
• Department of Justice
• voter data
• Artemis II
• SpaceX
• technology
• IPO
• legal feud
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Department of Justice, SpaceX

Books & works: The DOJ Misled a Judge About How It’s Using Voter Roll Data, Artemis II’s Breathtaking View of the Far Side of the Moon

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