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The Lead Digest: Drugs for AI, Beyonce and anything but Elf

Our round-up by The Lead’s team of what we’ve been reading, listening to, scrolling and watching each week.

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Ella Glover
Dec 18, 2025
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Here at The Lead, we like to consume just as much as we create, which is why we spend a little time each week rounding up our favourite stories, books, podcasts and films to offer our readers a sample of the work that informs our world.

Ella loved this Wired article about people downloading code to get their AI chatbots high on “drugs” by Ma…

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