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The Secret Behind Silicon Valley’s AI Takeover

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By: Christopher Wylie, Isobel Cockerell, Becky Lipscombe
Narrated by: Christopher Wylie, Isobel Cockerell
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Captured: The Secret Behind Silicon Valley’s AI Takeover is a thrilling journey into the hidden worlds of the tech elite, and a whistleblower’s look into the sci-fi future they’re building for all of us.

Seven years ago, a pink-haired young data analyst called Christopher Wylie blew the whistle on a company called Cambridge Analytica. The scandal he unleashed revealed how millions of Facebook users’ data was being harvested to influence elections. It was supposed to be a turning point—one where the tech companies were regulated, their power kept in check. But Silicon Valley is now more powerful than ever. President Trump is back in the White House with tech billionaire Elon Musk by his side, and the tech giants are racing to build AI systems that could give them unprecedented power over our lives.

Our destiny is being imagined for us by some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. They’re promising they can solve all our problems—end toil and suffering, and propel us into a utopia where we can live forever and never have to work.

AI has become the new religion. Are we going to follow it? Do we even have a choice? Or have the tech evangelists captured our future? Join Christopher Wylie and Coda Story’s Isobel Cockerell as they journey from exclusive crypto parties in Dubai, to the slums of Kenya where thousands of hidden workers are training AI models, to the hacker palaces of San Francisco where tech’s true believers talk about merging computers with our brains.

Note that this production incorporates limited uses of AI to illustrate how AI functions and is applied in various contexts.

©2025 Coda Story (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC
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I was really impressed by this investigative storytelling. Learnt so much about the (kinda scary) future of AI. Highly recommend to anyone curious about where tech is taking us!

A Must-Listen!!!

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The podcast somehow manages to balance technically explanations with gripping storytelling. This is basically the story of our age so it’s refreshing to have it told through human stories. Some great (and frightening) candid interviews with industry insiders. So many insights I’d never read or heard elsewhere. Thank you!

Riveting, disturbing, brilliant

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Absolutely fascinating, in turns highly informative and a shocking listen. What have we allowed to happen and what does our collective future hold?
I was totally hooked from start to finish. Just listen, it's brilliant!

A well put together top listen.

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A fast-moving, comprehensive look at the state of the AI industry in 2025, including interviews with everyone from tech bros, to the workers doing the horrendous work of content moderation.

Excellent work

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A totally compelling series on big tech leaders’ efforts to seize the future with their message of inevitability, which also tells the stories of the costs borne by the forgotten workers building these modern-day pyramids while their bosses reap the riches and the accolades. Full of powerful stories and insights into our world and human philosophy and I loved the combination of reporter Isobel Cockerell and tech whistleblower/AI expert Chris Wylie as the investigator-narrators. A must listen

A must listen on Big Tech capturing our future

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