Meta Muse surprises with unexpected feature – Apple's HomeView disappoints in WIRED podcast

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When a tech podcast surprises and disappoints in the same episode, that's exactly what's happening in the new edition of WIRED's "Uncanny Valley": While Meta Muse delivers genuine aha moments, Apple's HomeView leaves the hosts downright baffled.

The new episode of the weekly podcast takes you on a journey through four topics this time – from AI products to political money flows to a curious statistic about men and their AI self-perception. Here's a compact overview of what's inside – and why it's worth a listen.

You want to know exactly what surprises about Muse and why HomeView falls flat? Read on – and then form your own judgment on whether you treat yourself to the roughly half-hour episode this week.

Meta Muse with an unexpected twist

With Muse, Meta has a product that the WIRED editorial team examines "hot and heavy" – that is, with full attention – in the current episode. The hosts come across an "unexpected Muse feature," a feature that wasn't expected. What exactly it is and why it surprises even experienced tech reporters, you'll hear in the episode itself.

Apple's HomeView leaves the hosts baffled

While Meta Muse surprises, Apple's HomeView triggers the opposite reaction: The WIRED editorial team is "baffled" – that is, stunned – and "underwhelmed" – that is, rather disappointed than enthusiastic. The episode's title makes that unmistakably clear. What exactly doesn't convince about Apple's new feature and what expectations the hosts had beforehand, you hear in the current episode.

Shadowy spending at the largest pro-AI super PAC

In addition to the tech releases, the episode also examines the political side of AI. Specifically, it's about "shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC" – i.e., non-transparent, hard-to-trace spending by the most powerful pro-AI PAC. The hosts ask: Where does the money really flow, who benefits from it – and what does that mean for the next election?

Men and AI: An honest self-assessment?

To close, things get cultural: The episode sheds light on the "tendency to lie about how much they know about AI" – i.e., the tendency in surveys to overestimate how much one actually knows about artificial intelligence. A phenomenon that, according to the episode, is said to be particularly widespread among men – precisely in a phase in which AI competence is increasingly seen as a status symbol on LinkedIn and the like.

Is it worth tuning in?

If you only manage one podcast episode this week: make it this one. WIRED's "Uncanny Valley" regularly manages to make complex tech topics entertaining – and this episode covers a particularly wide range of ground: from Meta to Apple to political AI financing. Find the episode on your favorite podcast provider, lean back, and form your own opinion on Muse, HomeView, and the question of whether men really know as much about AI as they claim.