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Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
Produced by Matthew Gault
November 28, 2025
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Matthew Gault
Matthew Gault is a journalist who writes about weird tech and nuclear war. His work has been published at Vice, Reuters, The New York Times, and WIRED. He produces and co-hosts the Angry Planet podcast, a show about conflict he created in partnership with Reuters. He currently freelances and contributes regularly to 404 Media, where he writes about the dark side of the internet, AI, and defense tech.
 
 
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