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.

Also, we want to hear from you: If you’ve used a chatbot in an unusual or surprising way, send us a 1–2 minute voice note at techstuffpodcast@gmail.com.

Additional Reading: 
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;
<ul>
<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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Each week, Oz Woloshyn and Karah Preiss 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: why AI feels human, why social media feels broken, 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&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 Karah Preiss 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.&nbsp;Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone&rsquo;s Googling: why AI feels human, why social media feels broken, and what it all says about us.
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Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us. 

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We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions. 

 

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about TechStuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers)&nbsp;
Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.&nbsp;
TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.&nbsp;
We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.&nbsp;
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