Taylor Lorenz’s Power User

00:35:09

People Are Secretly Dating AI And Wont Stop:...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/10/07

Why are so many people falling in love with ChatGPT, and what do sensational headlines about AI relationships leave out? SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzIn this episode of Power User I speak with technology journalist Bridget Todd about AI companions, chatbot romance, emotional attachment, and the Big Tech companies behind these increasingly intimate interactions.Bridget’s new

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00:20:40

The Govt Wants Your ID To Browse Online

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/10/02

AI agents are rapidly becoming the next major way people interact with the internet. They can browse websites, research topics, compare prices, schedule reservations, respond to emails, shop and increasingly take actions on our behalf. But as your agent is going off and scanning websites, or gathering information from government services, should it have to reveal who you are?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon:

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00:38:02

Why Big Tech Wants You to Think AI Is Alive

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/30

Can AI actually be conscious and why are some of the biggest AI companies in Silicon Valley pushing this idea?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzIn this episode of Power User, I talk with Washington Post tech reporter Nitasha Tiku about the growing push inside companies like Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI to study AI consciousness, model welfare, digital minds, and whether systems

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00:08:00

[SUBSTACK/PATREON PREVIEW] The Brutal Truth Behind...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/28

To listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠ Support my work on Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz⁠ Is AI really a massive bubble waiting to burst, or are we underestimating how durable the AI boom actually is?For this months Power User bonus episode, Journalist Garrison Lovely, author of the new

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00:28:34

AI Agents Are Infiltrating Group Chats: The Internet...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/25

For decades, the entire internet was built on one simple assumption: the person on the other end of the screen is actually human. That assumption is officially dead.SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzAI agents are getting good enough to post, argue, browse the web, work, transact, and impersonate humans online. So what happens when the internet can no longer reliably tell the

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00:25:36

The Disturbing Cult Taking Over Silicon Valley...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/23

What happens when Silicon Valley tries to optimize everything, from AI and politics to dating, reproduction, friendship and even human behavior?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzEvery year, hundreds of technologists, rationalists, AI researchers, startup founders and prediction market obsessives gather in Berkeley for Manifest. Officially, it’s a conference about prediction markets

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00:28:01

Countries Are Hiding Censorship in 'Cybercrime' Laws

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/18

The New Global Plan To Control What You PostSUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzA new United Nations cybercrime treaty is being sold as a way for governments to fight hacking, phishing, and online fraud. But its sweeping language could also help countries identify anonymous users, obtain data from technology companies, and punish political speech across national borders.In this episode

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00:31:48

Are We All Going to Die!?!?! The Dark Money Behind AI...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/16

Why does everyone suddenly think AI could kill humanity?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzIn this episode of Power User, I'm joined by tech journalist Natasha Tiku to investigate the viral claim that AI has a 10% chance of causing human extinction. From the halls of Anthropic and OpenAI to the corridors of Washington, D.C., we uncover how the insular, billionaire-funded Effective

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00:27:28

Why You Cant Trust YouTube News: The Secret AI Farms...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/11

Who is really behind the fastest-growing political channels on YouTube? SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz To listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠ Support my work on Patreon:

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00:38:48

Why Palantir Is Selling Tennis Skirts (w/ Lawrence...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/10

Why are people buying OpenAI sweatshirts, Claude “Thinking” hats and Palantir chore coats?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzTo listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠ Support my work on

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00:30:00

ICE Is Hunting Down TikTok Journalists

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/04

ICE shot a TikTok journalist covering raids in Los Angeles then locked him in desert detention for 300 days (he is still there) with a festering gunshot wound, worms in his drinking water and cockroaches in his cell. This is the story of Carlitos Ricardo Parias known online as Richard LA or Richard Noticias LA and what it reveals about the war on independent journalism under the guise of "kids online safety" and "cracking down on social media addiction."SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a

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00:42:37

Inside the Towns Saying Hell No to AI Data Centers w/...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/09/02

Small towns across America are revolting against massive AI data centers. SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz To listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠ Support my work on Patreon:

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00:35:35

Congress Wants to Track Every Device You Own

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/28

A New Law That Could Destroy Open Source Forever SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz To listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠ Support my work on Patreon:

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00:37:37

The Pause AI Movement Is Winning

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/26

The movement to pause AI is gaining momentum, but can anyone actually stop the race toward more powerful artificial intelligence?SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzTo listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at

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00:25:34

AI Text Now Has a Secret Tracking Code

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/21

To access an ad-free listening experience, get bonus episodes, and receive my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at⁠ ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠⁠ Support my work on Patreon:⁠ ⁠http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz⁠⁠Anthropic just announced that Claude and all its AI tools will now watermark every piece of text a user generates, even if it's scientific research or computer code. In this episode of Free Speech Friday, I sit down with

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00:33:18

The Truth About Zuck's 6,500 Word AI Manifesto w/...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/19

Zuckerberg Wants AI to Know Everything About You SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenzMark Zuckerberg just published a massive 6,500-word manifesto laying out an aggressive vision for the future of AI. But is this really about democratizing technology, or is it a desperate PR move to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic? I sat down with New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac, who

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00:07:18

[PATREON PREVIEW] Inside America's First Venture...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/17

To listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz What happens when startups straight up stop hiring human creators and start leveraging industrial-scale bot farms powered by AI? In this bonus episode of Power User, I sit down with New York

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00:26:06

Your iPhone Could Send You to Jail: The Terrifying...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/14

Inside the Case That Could Change Protesting ForeverFOR AD-FREE EPISODES SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz This week on Free Speech Friday, I sat down with independent investigative journalist Andrew Fedorov, whose bombshell Mother Jones piece reveals the horrors of the Prairieland case, which was one of the harshest protest sentencing outcomes in modern U.S. history. Activists

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00:31:38

The Insane Collapse of Silicon Valley's...

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/12

The Wild Rise and Fall of Leopold AschenbrennerLISTEN AD-FREE!! 👇🏻 Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz Until a week ago, Leopold Aschenbrenner was hailed as the "Nostradamus of AI". A 24-year-old former OpenAI researcher whose 165-page manifesto, Situational Awareness, convinced Silicon Valley and Wall Street that superintelligence was coming faster than anyone expected, his hedge fund

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00:35:30

The Viral Elon Musk Lawsuit Everyone Is Getting Wrong

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User ·

2026/08/07

Everyone got this viral lawsuit totally wrong.FOR AD-FREE EPISODES, BUY A PAID SUBSCRIPTION TO MY PATREON OR SUBSTACK!! SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz This week, a viral story claimed Elon Musk's xAI is suing Minnesota so that he can create AI-generated CS*M. That false claim exploded across social media, but it leaves out the most important part. In this episode of

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