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In today’s episode, Zöe is joined by WIRED’s Jake Lahut to run through five of the best stories we published this week — from how the Trump administration is creating and sharing memes to make fun of deportations, to NASA’s ambitious goal to put nuclear reactors on the moon. Then, Zöe and Jake dive into why users kind of hated OpenAI’s GPT-5 release.

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Articles mentioned in this episode:

• OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt | WIRED
  The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke | WIRED
• Trump Family–Backed World Liberty Financial Sets Up $1.5 Billion Crypto Treasury | WIRED
• Inside the ‘Whites Only’ Community in Arkansas | WIRED
• Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon | WIRED

Palantir Technologies is arguably one of the most notorious American corporations. Cofounded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the company has worked with ICE, the US Department of Defense, the Israeli military and sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. But what do they actually do?

Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. Luckily, WIRED staff writer Caroline Haskins joins us to decode Palantir for us.

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Articles mentioned in this episode:

• What Does Palantir Actually Do?
• Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
• ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
• Lauren’s latest article: Lisa Su Runs AMD - and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood