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People Hate AI No Matter How Tech CEOs Talk About It
OpenAI's in-house witch, Grok Bot, hobbyamory, chatbot prenups, chip engineer bachelors, Kendrick Lamar x RushTok, Dean Ball drama, Roku's AI slop…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Would you pee on a Flock camera for $50?
Gen-Z sugar mamas, OpenAI’s smart doughnut, Apple's lookalike contest, the AI Scarlet Letter, baby’s first surveillance system, Dario's YouTube habit…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Truth About The OpenAI Brand Trip
+ Gen alpha tradwives, a self help influencer's dark secret, the king of hopecore, a deep dive into the data center backlash, social media's last taboo…
 • Taylor Lorenz
My Journey Into The Slop Factory
Higgsfield AI promises to turn you into an AI filmmaker, what it really makes you is a subscriber.
 • Taylor Lorenz
Anthropic vs The Entire Tech Industry
+ A Rooma ban, UK Poo, AI dread hotline, TikTokified HBO, MrsBeast, the Graza of peanut butter, the new tech bro billionaire uniform, & why you're…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Secret Influencer Campaign Boosting Haley Stevens
Creators are being offered thousands of dollars to promote Stevens online without disclosure
 • Taylor Lorenz
Bill Gates Daughter's $43M Tech Scandal
+ Kimi K3 tea, promptonyms, friendly fraud, robot marriage, Disney's AI series, Bean Soup Theory, Katie Porter's BookTok pivot, follower fraud, & how…
 • Taylor Lorenz
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Hot Surveillance Summer, aka Why Smart Glasses Feel Different This Time
Chinese dreamcore, Claudefishing, swipeflation, Clavicular's Israel trip, humanoid robot fingers, a tokenpocalypse, the Pod Save patriarchy, why the…
 • Taylor Lorenz
How and Why to Fight Back Against Social Media Bans
+ Corporate girlies, X psychosis, UGC mania, a tech swag fashion show, Minionese Idol, Machinic Taste, the secret history of Polymarket, and how VidCon…
 • Taylor Lorenz
What Is Peter Thiel Doing In Argentina?
NYT's Ryan Mac joins me to break down Peter Thiel's Argentina obsession, his secret cult, and more.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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Hasan Piker On The Next Big Internet Battle
+ Inside tea on Peter Thiel’s secret society, doom trolling, Edikted, Streamer U mania, dopamine sites, Whoa Vicky's literary era, GR00T, Footy Addicts…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Bounty Economy Is Breaking Reality
On Pump Fun GO you can get paid to post election fraud conspiracies and more.
 • Taylor Lorenz
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