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WIRED Roundup: Why GPT-5 Flopped

17 min • 15 augusti 2025

In today’s episode, Zöe is joined by WIRED’s Jake Lahut to run through five of the best stories we published this week — from how the Trump administration is creating and sharing memes to make fun of deportations, to NASA’s ambitious goal to put nuclear reactors on the moon. Then, Zöe and Jake dive into why users kind of hated OpenAI’s GPT-5 release.

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Articles mentioned in this episode:

OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt | WIRED
The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke | WIRED
Trump Family–Backed World Liberty Financial Sets Up $1.5 Billion Crypto Treasury | WIRED
Inside the ‘Whites Only’ Community in Arkansas | WIRED
Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon | WIRED

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