Elon Musk and The Bots

The WIRED Podcast by WIRED UK

Oct 7, 202236:07Technology

Coming up today: as Elon Musk and Twitter (maybe) close in on a deal, we delve deep into the glorious, curious world of bots. (This show was recorded before Elon Musk said he would, in fact, buy Twitter.) The stories we...

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