This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers ponder the future of computers, cars, and…fast food? They discuss why Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman and OpenAI and the altruistic origins of ChatGPT. Also: Wendy’s “surge pricing” gaff had customers crying foul and Apple’s electric car has been scrapped. In the Plus segment: The downfall of Macy’s and the American department store. 
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 Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth.
Clips in the show:
After segment one: The Thinking Machine - MIT 1961
After segment two: 1975 Wendy’s Commercial
Plus outro: Scene from Miracle on 34th Street
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