Podcast: Musk's midterm spending and Muse logo backlash
This episode of WIRED's "Uncanny Valley" podcast discusses where Elon Musk's PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse's logo. The source offers no figures, dates or further detail beyond these topics.
It is a politics-and-tech-culture podcast episode with no new AI technical or product development.
This week on Uncanny Valley, Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger dive into how Elon Musk’s America PAC is spending millions on the most consequential Senate races of the 2026 midterms—and how most of that money goes to opposing Democrats rather than supporting Republicans. They also break down effective altruism, the once-niche philosophy now at the center of the AI safety debate, and why the Trump administration has called it a dangerous ideology. Plus, they discuss the backlash against the graphic designer who created the logo for Meta’s AI assistant, Muse.
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