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notes to grab your ticket and invite a friend. We can't wait to see you there. Welcome to Wired's

Uncanny Valley. I'm Zoe Schiffer, Wired's director of business and industry. Today on the show,

we're bringing you five stories that you absolutely need to know this week,

including the less than warm reception that OpenAI's GPT5 model got from users.

I'm joined today by Wired's senior writer, Jake LaHutt.

Great to be back.

So our first story this week is about how the Trump administration has been posting memes to make fun of deportations.

Have you seen these at all?

Yes, unfortunately, I have.

Yeah, real, real fun, funny stuff.

Yeah, real dark.

So Wired contributor Tess Owen reported on this pattern of different

official government accounts on social media using whatever is viral at the moment and tailoring it to

promote and make fun of deportations. And this is especially popular in the accounts of the Department

of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs

Enforcement and the White House. So, for example, there's this like catchy jingle that

belongs to Jet 2, which is a low-budget British airline. That's been making the rounds

lately on social media.

Last month, DHS and the White House made a joint Instagram post incorporating the tune on top of footage of ICE detainees in handcuffs, boarding a deportation plane.

And the caption reads, When Ice books you on one-way jet two holiday to deportation.

Nothing beats it.

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