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Muse's surprise feature and a super PAC's shadowy spending

Wired's Uncanny Valley podcast also examined secretive spending by the largest pro-AI super PAC and men's habit of overstating what they know about AI; the Muse feature was a surprise.

On air: Gloria Vance on BBN Tonight
Published 7:18 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance on this story, from BBN Tonight at 7:18 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Wired's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by Wired: “We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7:18 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Gloria Vance.
Topics: PAC, Muse, HomeView, Meta, Apple.
BBN covered this story before: Meta's Muse Spark Open runs locally on Apple silicon Macs (October 15).

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WiredWe Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWired's podcast this week called Meta's Muse hot and heavy and found an unexpected feature in it, and it also looked at secretive spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWendell Achterberg runs Achterberg Copy and Print in Dayton, Ohio, and he has been trying the model that runs on a Mac.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWendell, what has it done for your shop?
Wendell AchterbergNothing, Gloria. I do all of it by hand.
Wendell AchterbergAlthough this morning I drafted a warm, forward-looking message to my customers about paper stock, and it was frankly lovely.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou drafted it by hand, and it was forward-looking.
Wendell AchterbergBy hand! I just happened to type, very gently, into the thing. Dennis helps.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWho is Dennis?
Wendell AchterbergThe laptop. It stays on my desk, nothing leaves the machine, and I shake my staples when I'm nervous, which is now.
Wendell AchterbergI do all of it by hand, Gloria, except the parts Dennis does.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have been thrown out of embassies for less candor than that. Last question, Wendell: who signed your tax forms?
Wendell AchterbergDennis.

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