Business
Human Captcha
Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia
As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.
Lauren Goode
Coin Operated
My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash
Joel Khalili
Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divide
In a rare moment of global consensus, AI researchers from the US, Europe, and Asia came together in Singapore to form a plan for researching AI risks.
Will Knight
OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation
High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT.
Zoë Schiffer, Emily Mullin, and Will Knight
Amazon Has Made a Robot With a Sense of Touch
Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers.
Will Knight
OpenAI Backs Down on Restructuring Amid Pushback
The startup behind ChatGPT is going to remain in nonprofit control, but it still needs regulatory approval.
Paresh Dave and Kylie Robison
Startups and Tech Culture
Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine
Under its new chairman, the FCC is threatening broadcasters and pushing President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Steven Levy
Inside the Battle Over OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring
A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies.
Paresh Dave
These Startups Are Building Advanced AI Models Without Data Centers
A new crowd-trained way to develop LLMs over the internet could shake up the AI industry with a giant 100 billion-parameter model later this year.
Will Knight
The Meta Trial Shows the Dangers of Selling Out
Several founders of hot startups took big payouts and let Mark Zuckerberg gobble up their companies—and came to regret it.
Steven Levy
Trump, Cryptocurrency, and the Real Winners and Losers
Is Trump selling access to the administration in exchange for cryptocoins? On today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about the ethical concerns associated with TRUMP coin.
Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Katie Drummond
Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
After pleading guilty to two counts of fraud, the founder of failed cryptocurrency platform Celsius will serve 12 years in federal prison.
Joel Khalili
Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store
World opened the doors to its new San Francisco storefront with eight brand-new orbs ready for eyeballs to scan.
Kylie Robison
As Trump’s Family Crypto Business Gains Steam, Ethical Concerns Mount
A crypto company part-owned by the Trump family stands to earn millions of dollars from a business deal involving a state-backed investment fund from the UAE. The arrangement amounts to “foreign policy for sale,” critics claim.
Joel Khalili
Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’
Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.
Zoë Schiffer
The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome
In its final proposed remedy filing in the Google antitrust case, the Department of Justice reiterated that Google should stop paying partners for search placement—and divest its dominant Chrome browser.
Lauren Goode
If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives
OneWeb, Project Kuiper, and IRIS2 could all, in time, replace Elon Musk's satellite communications system in Ukraine, but they will struggle to replicate Starlink's coverage and usability.
Chris Baraniuk
DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions
Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.
Paresh Dave
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
Caroline Haskins
The Subjective Charms of Objective-C
The verbose programming language felt like a universal form of communication—until it didn’t.
Gabriel Nicholas
Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
Sheon Han
The Best Programming Language for the End of the World
Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.
Tiffany Ng
Donald Trump’s UK Trade Deal Could Secure Jaguar’s Resurrection
A US deal to drop car tariffs from 25 to 10 percent could bolster UK luxury car sales—but only for the first 100,000 vehicles. This is particularly welcome news for Jaguar Land Rover.
Carlton Reid
The Dream of the Metaverse Is Dying. Manufacturing Is Keeping It Alive
Forget Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of VR meetings; the industrial metaverse bridges digital and physical worlds in a way that’s actually useful.
Nicole Kobie
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Carlton Reid
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features.
Dell Cameron
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Golden Ticket
A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms
Louise Matsakis and Zoë Schiffer
Shopocalypse
Small Packages From China Are Now Subject to US Tariffs. Here’s What to Know
Zeyi Yang, Louise Matsakis, and Evy Kwong
Takeover
A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
Caroline Haskins and Vittoria Elliott
Global Warning
The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help
Chris Baraniuk
Quid Pro Quo
Trump’s Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen
Joel Khalili
Bad Inventions
AI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ Attacks
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Model Behavior
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Brian Barrett
Social Media
A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’
Bluesky's Blue Check Is Finally Here
New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?