Are you ready to bond over AI videos? This week in tech news, OpenAI dominates the game. Their new social media app is the talk of the internet, they signed a massive chip deal that rocked the industry, and they just released tech that gets ChatGPT one step closer to becoming the 'everything app'. Then, Oz answers the question, “Have we passed peak social media?” and introduces Karah to “wetware.” Karah explains how robots are helping make babies. And finally, a sneak peek at a new podcast, How to Raise Kids in the Age of AI.

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Day One YouTube
OpenAI’s social video app Sora makes fake clips of real people - The Washington Post 
Sam Altman Shoplifting AI Video - Sora  
The Great Slopification, Powered by OpenAI - Prof G Markets  
Have We Passed Peak Social Media? - The Financial Times 
Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells
Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.

Are you ready to bond over AI videos? This week in tech news, OpenAI dominates the game. Their new social media app is the talk of the internet, they signed a massive chip deal that rocked the industry, and they just released tech that gets ChatGPT one step closer to becoming the 'everything app'. Then, Oz answers the question, &ldquo;Have we passed peak social media?&rdquo; and introduces Karah to &ldquo;wetware.&rdquo; Karah explains how robots are helping make babies. And finally, a sneak peek at a new podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/raising-kids-in-the-age-of-ai/id1838597978">How to Raise Kids in the Age of AI</a>.
Also, we want to hear from you: If you&rsquo;ve used a chatbot in an unusual or surprising way, send us a 1&ndash;2 minute voice note at <a href="mailto:techstuffpodcast@gmail.com">techstuffpodcast@gmail.com</a>.
Additional Reading:&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://youtu.be/nkCgSirfbjc?si=qb5LgNvNqNd5VF_6">Day One YouTube</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/02/sora-openai-video-face-fake/">OpenAI&rsquo;s social video app Sora makes fake clips of real people - The Washington Post</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://x.com/GabrielPeterss4/status/1973120058907041902">Sam Altman Shoplifting AI Video - Sora</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.profgmarkets.com/p/the-great-slopification-powered-by-openai-64a7">The Great Slopification, Powered by OpenAI - Prof G Markets</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a0724dd9-0346-4df3-80f5-d6572c93a863?accessToken=zwAGQIKoHKKYkdOgck3ZA0ZN89OA9dZXLJOoYw.MEUCIB25OPZ1ucGSnfJq-xwQNzv4r727Siydw5_nQAtw5kj-AiEAn0gSsyRIGcioLvhNybS922YvUDhRmFrU1IAcBpaGoS8&amp;sharetype=gift&amp;token=4ccf0550-6636-442e-960c-36dfedf52a3a">Have We Passed Peak Social Media? - The Financial Times</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7p1lzvxjro">Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/01/ivf-babies-ai-robots-fertility/">Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.</a></li>
</ul>

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Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone&rsquo;s Googling: whether AI will replace us, how social media is affecting our kids, and what it all says about us.
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Behind every innovation is a new kind of power. TechStuff unpacks how technology reshapes influence, creativity, and control, from Silicon Valley’s rising moguls to the cultural forces they create. Because tech is the new religion, economy, and entertainment, all at once.

Each week, Oz Woloshyn and the brightest minds covering tech dig into the weird, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways technology, AI, and the internet shape our daily lives. From AI and social media to privacy, digital burnout, and the creator economy, they ask how all this innovation is changing who we are, how we work, love, and make meaning.

Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone’s Googling: whether AI will replace us, how social media is affecting our kids, and what it all says about us.

Behind every innovation is a new kind of power. TechStuff unpacks how technology reshapes influence, creativity, and control, from Silicon Valley&rsquo;s rising moguls to the cultural forces they create. Because tech is the new religion, economy, and entertainment, all at once.
Each week, Oz Woloshyn and the brightest minds covering tech dig into the weird, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways technology, AI, and the internet shape our daily lives. From AI and social media to privacy, digital burnout, and the creator economy, they ask how all this innovation is changing who we are, how we work, love, and make meaning.
Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone&rsquo;s Googling: whether AI will replace us, how social media is affecting our kids, and what it all says about us.

Week in Tech: Did Social Media Just Change Forever?

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This week has it all: geopolitical FOMO, major AI deals, more courtroom drama, and a hacker group that just won't quit. Reed Albergotti (Semafor) breaks down why AI tokens are the new oil, and why Anthropic is buying compute straight from SpaceX. Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post) takes us inside the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial, where Shivon Zilis, aka the “Elon Whisperer” and the mother of four of Musk's children, finally took the stand. And Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Thomas gives insight into how the hacking of education tech platform Canvas could still affect college students, even after Canvas’s parent company says a deal was reached to delete the stolen data. 

Additional Reading: 
Nvidia CEO joins Trump in China despite ‘awkward’ politics | Semafor 
Anthropic-SpaceX compute deal shows how tokens are taking over the economy | Semafor 
Shivon Zilis was Elon Musk’s ‘bridge’ to OpenAI. Now she’s entangled in his lawsuit. | The Washington Post 
Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers | Inside Higher Education 

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This week has it all: geopolitical FOMO, major AI deals, more courtroom drama, and a hacker group that just won't quit. Reed Albergotti (Semafor) breaks down why AI tokens are the new oil, and why Anthropic is buying compute straight from SpaceX. Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post) takes us inside the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial, where Shivon Zilis, aka the &ldquo;Elon Whisperer&rdquo; and the mother of four of Musk's children, finally took the stand. And Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Thomas gives insight into how the hacking of education tech platform Canvas could still affect college students, even after Canvas&rsquo;s parent company says a deal was reached to delete the stolen data.&nbsp;
Additional Reading:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/05/12/2026/nvidia-snubbed-from-trump-china-trip-to-avoid-awkward-conversations?utm_medium=technology&amp;utm_campaign=First+Word&amp;utm_source=newsletterlink">Nvidia CEO joins Trump in China despite &lsquo;awkward&rsquo; politics | Semafor</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/05/08/2026/anthropic-spacex-compute-deal-shows-how-tokens-are-taking-over-the-economy">Anthropic-SpaceX compute deal shows how tokens are taking over the economy | Semafor</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/08/shivon-zilis-elon-musk-trial/">Shivon Zilis was Elon Musk&rsquo;s &lsquo;bridge&rsquo; to OpenAI. Now she&rsquo;s entangled in his lawsuit. | The Washington Post</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/administrative-tech/2026/05/11/instructure-pays-ransom-canvas-hackers">Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers | Inside Higher Education</a>&nbsp;</li>
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Jensen Crashes Trump's China Trip, Elon's Baby Mama Takes the Stand - Week in Tech

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How did nine rejection letters and “boring” data lead to “the biggest transformation in sport”? Americans might know Formula One Racing from the hit Netflix show “Drive to Survive.” But F1 has long been a fan favorite in Britain and Europe. Today’s guest, team principal James Vowles, sits down with Oz to discuss how he’s bringing his team, Atlassian Williams F1 Team, from a recent slump into the Top 5. His process involves being “data-rich”, pushing his team to the brink, and utilizing AI and technology to get that elusive tenth of a second in speed. 

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‘Get rid of the battery’: F1 under increasing pressure to make more changes to engine rules | Formula One 2026 | The Guardian
Formula One Went Green—and It’s Driving Everyone Crazy | WSJ  

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How did nine rejection letters and &ldquo;boring&rdquo; data lead to &ldquo;the biggest transformation in sport&rdquo;? Americans might know Formula One Racing from the hit Netflix show &ldquo;Drive to Survive.&rdquo; But F1 has long been a fan favorite in Britain and Europe. Today&rsquo;s guest, team principal James Vowles, sits down with Oz to discuss how he&rsquo;s bringing his team, Atlassian Williams F1 Team, from a recent slump into the Top 5. His process involves being &ldquo;data-rich&rdquo;, pushing his team to the brink, and utilizing AI and technology to get that elusive tenth of a second in speed.&nbsp;
Additional Reading:&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/04/f1-under-increasing-pressure-engine-rules-battery">&lsquo;Get rid of the battery&rsquo;: F1 under increasing pressure to make more changes to engine rules | Formula One 2026 | The Guardian</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/sports/formula-one-electric-73a176bd">Formula One Went Green&mdash;and It&rsquo;s Driving Everyone Crazy | WSJ</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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Inside Formula One’s Speed Hunt with Atlassian Williams F1 Team Principal James Vowles - The Story

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This week: AI regulation, dark money and data center backlash. Reed Albergotti (Semafor) helps decipher how the Trump Administration actually feels about AI oversight and it seems like a reversal of the hands-off approach they’ve taken so far. Taylor Lorenz (User Mag) exposes a dark money influencer campaign — one she was personally recruited for — that's paying creators to push pro-American AI, anti-China messaging on behalf of a Big Tech super PAC. And Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post) reports on the fast-growing, bipartisan movement fighting data center construction in communities across the country. Plus: Sam Altman's leaked texts, 120,000 tech layoffs, and the GPT-5.5 launch party.

Additional Reading: 
So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday’s Internet 
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released | The New York Times 
A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat | WIRED 
Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity | The Washington Post 
‘The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer’: Opposition to Data Centers | The New York Times 

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This week: AI regulation, dark money and data center backlash. Reed Albergotti (Semafor) helps decipher how the Trump Administration actually feels about AI oversight and it seems like a reversal of the hands-off approach they&rsquo;ve taken so far. Taylor Lorenz (User Mag) exposes a dark money influencer campaign &mdash; one she was personally recruited for &mdash; that's paying creators to push pro-American AI, anti-China messaging on behalf of a Big Tech super PAC. And Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post) reports on the fast-growing, bipartisan movement fighting data center construction in communities across the country. Plus: Sam Altman's leaked texts, 120,000 tech layoffs, and the GPT-5.5 launch party.
Additional Reading:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/ask-jeeves-shuts-down-internet-search-engine.html">So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday&rsquo;s Internet</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html">White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released | The New York Times</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/super-pac-backed-by-openai-and-palantir-is-paying-tiktok-influencers-to-fear-monger-about-china/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending-bktb_295a9c71-1e1d-4763-a74d-aefc9ccd4e46_cygnus-personalized">A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat | WIRED</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/18/ai-doom-influencers-safety/">Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity | The Washington Post</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/politics/liberals-conservatives-data-centers.html">&lsquo;The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer&rsquo;: Opposition to Data Centers | The New York Times</a>&nbsp;</li>
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One Nation United Against Data Centers - Week in Tech

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Week in Tech: Did Social Media Just Change Forever?

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