302 · Tier 4 — Major segment and specialist voices
Steven Levy
Editor at large
AI position
No x-risk mention
Decades of access journalism on tech's most powerful figures; his Plaintext column regularly interrogates AI leaders' claims.
Sheet category (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot): No clear personal stance
Hand-added beat reporter; not part of the ranked 300 snapshot.
Why influential
Legacy access to founders and CEOs means his AI interviews become primary sources.
Who pays attention
Tech executives, veteran industry watchers, general tech readership
Work samplesunvetted
- If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born
Mar 28, 2025 · article
Deep-access feature on Anthropic built on multiple interviews with Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei; covers AGI safety framing, DeepSeek, and Claude.
- Demis Hassabis On The Future of Work in the Age of AI
Jun 6, 2025 · video
Wired video interview covering AGI timelines ("50% chance in 5-10 years"), AI risks, and regulation, per Techmeme summary.
- What OpenAI Really Wants
Sep 1, 2023 · article
Wired cover story built on extensive time with Sam Altman and OpenAI staff; a foundational Levy AI-lab profile, referenced repeatedly in later coverage.
- Q&A: Steven Levy on AI and the Evolving Relationship Between Tech Companies and the Press
May 16, 2025 · article
Columbia Journalism Review interview with Levy about covering AI labs and media licensing deals with AI companies.
AI-world contactsunvetted
Demis Hassabis — Co-founder & CEO, Google DeepMind
- Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jun 6, 2025 — Levy conducted an on-camera Wired interview with Hassabis on AGI timelines, existential risks, and AI regulation.
Dario Amodei — Co-founder & CEO, Anthropic
- Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · Mar 28, 2025 — Levy conducted multiple interviews with Amodei and sat in on internal Anthropic meetings for a Wired feature on the company's AGI-safety mission.
Sam Altman — CEO, OpenAI
- Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · Sep 1, 2023 — Extensive access profile of Altman and OpenAI; Levy pressed Altman on AGI specifics for the Wired cover story.