Wired Roundup: OpenAI Announces New Government Partnership

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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices