WIRED's Uncanny Valley Podcast Covers Meta's Muse, AI Super PAC Spending, and Apple's HomeView

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This week's episode of WIRED's podcast "Uncanny Valley" examines several technology stories. It explores a surprising feature of Meta's Muse, a product that the hosts discuss at length. The episode also looks into spending by the largest pro-AI super PAC, which has been described as shadowy. Finally, it addresses a tendency among men to overstate how much they know about artificial intelligence, and it touches on Apple's HomeView, which the hosts found puzzling.

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