Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested
WIRED podcast covers George Santos' lifetime Kalshi ban with $71,000 fine, a Google engineer's Polymarket insider-trading case, and Flock's AI police search tool.
WIRED's Uncanny Valley podcast discusses prediction market enforcement: George Santos received Kalshi's first-ever lifetime ban and a $71,000 fine for betting on his own State of the Union attendance, and a Google engineer was accused of insider trading on Polymarket. The episode also covers WIRED reporters reverse-engineering Flock's AI-powered person-search tool used by police and an online debate over rogue AI agents escaping guardrails.
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