Where's the Fun in AI Gambling?

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Michael Calore: I don't know. 6,001.

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Michael Calore: Maybe we should. We person Kate Knibbs connected nan show today, nan 1 and only Kate Knibbs …

Lauren Goode: Knibbs.

Michael Calore: ... WIRED elder writer to talk astir immoderate of her latest reporting connected AI and gambling. Kate, really are you doing?

Kate Knibbs: I'm good. Thank you truthful overmuch for having me. I consciousness for illustration you guys are missing nan large point that's happening soon, which is it's shot season, baby. We are entering nan clip of twelvemonth wherever sports matter. OK. Q4, NFL, we emotion it.

Lauren Goode: That's right.

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Michael Calore: Fantastic. As a shot person, this is my sad season.

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Michael Calore: Because nan teams I support ne'er get immoderate further than nan extremity of September.

Kate Knibbs: That's okay. I'm a White Sox fan, truthful I relate.

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Lauren Goode: A agelong clip ago. A agelong clip ago.

Michael Calore: Let's get to nan show.

Lauren Goode: Yeah. Let's do it.

Michael Calore: This is WIRED's Uncanny Valley, a show astir nan people, power, and power of Silicon Valley. Today we're talking astir nan usage of AI successful gambling. Since a national prohibition connected sports betting successful nan United States was struck down 7 years ago, nan fame of online gambling has skyrocketed. Last year, Americans spent complete $150 cardinal betting connected sports, pinch a large chunk of those wagers being made online. And of course, arsenic artificial intelligence rolls done each industry, online gambling is being affected too. The existent AI golden unreserved has incentivized immoderate startups to create AI agents that are promising to thief users make amended bets, whether that's giving tips and advice, aliases really straight executing nan bets themselves. These AI agents are nan caller frontier successful gambling. There's a batch of money and a batch of expectations riding connected their success. I'm Michael Calore, head of user tech and culture.