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Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Explained; Inside Black Hat and DEF CON's Best Hacks
32 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2026 at 12:50 pm.
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This week, the team breaks down Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word AI manifesto and why it ultimately rings hollow. Plus — why job seekers are scheduling bot-run interviews at 1 AM, and WIRED's Andy Greenberg joins to unpack Black Hat and DEF CON's best findings, from a hacked kids' smartwatch to a coin-sized device that can hijack a Boeing 737.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
The Rise of the 1 am Job Interview | WIRED 
Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids | WIRED
This Coin-Sized Device Can Hack a Boeing 737 | WIRED  
McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There | WIRED 
Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from the newest ventures to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests.
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