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01.02.2025
Within moments of Donald Trump announcing his new coin, traders made high-value bets that quickly paid off. Did they have an edge?
After a Chinese-startup roiled the industry, OpenAI readies a response—ahead of schedule.
A WIRED investigation shows that the popular Chinese AI model is censored on both the application and training level.
On the heels of DeepSeek R1, the latest model from OpenAI promises more advanced capabilities at a cheaper price.
31.01.2025
Air traffic controllers asked Flight 5342 to switch runways when coming in to land. Black box recordings from the jet and the military helicopter it collided with will help reveal whether this contributed to the accident.
Cuts to diversity programs and other policy changes have frustrated some of Meta’s workers. One former employee calls it “a slow, painful death.”
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” the hosts discuss Silicon Valley’s unofficial godfather, Marc Andreessen.
29.01.2025
One of US president Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But mapmakers are still largely waiting for the green light.
Some worry the Chinese startup’s impressive tech indicates the US is losing its lead in AI, but it may really be a sign that a new approach to building models is gaining traction.
The US Office of Personnel Management is telling federal workers to get in line—or get out.
28.01.2025
The company said Monday it was temporarily limiting new sign-ups due to “large-scale malicious attacks” on its services.
26.01.2025
You might assume that tech-savvy people are the most open to using AI, but research suggests it's actually those who are least familiar with it.
The singer generated millions in prop bets for the Kansas City Chiefs just by showing up to watch her boyfriend play. Now that she’s busy, gamblers are losing interest.
24.01.2025
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the AI copyright battlefield.
The company that kicked off the AI chatbot craze now wants AI to do more than just talk.
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.
This week, we take a look at Meta's new era of content moderation.
23.01.2025
Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.
A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin.
After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.
22.01.2025
In the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative.
21.01.2025
A marketing campaign brief obtained by WIRED reveals how the Chinese app is trying to capitalize on its sudden international popularity.
When he launched his own cryptocurrency, Donald Trump produced unimaginable wealth from thin air. But it will come at a cost to someone.
20.01.2025
Less than 24 hours after the app went dark, TikTok says President-elect Donald Trump has given it the reassurance it needs to resume service in the US.
18.01.2025
The Meta CEO is abandoning his commitment to the truth in favor of a Trump-style playbook.
17.01.2025
It’s a major get for Murati’s mysterious startup, which has also poached engineers and researchers from a number of other prominent AI firms.
The same lawyers handling a lawsuit over the infamous Hawk Tuah crypto coin are bringing a new class action against memecoin platform Pump.Fun for allegedly putting investors in high financial risk.
The hosts of "Uncanny Valley" spent the week following the advice of AI chatbots when it came to shopping, fitness, and parenting. Here’s how it went.
Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.
Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok.
16.01.2025
Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias. In practice, employees aren’t expecting many forced relocations.
The US is increasingly intent on winning the AI race with China. Experts say this ignores the benefits of collaboration—and the danger of unintended consequences.
A new report, shared exclusively with WIRED, shows how an AI content mill with hundreds of sites managed to pull big-name advertisers into their schemes.
15.01.2025
Less than a week before Donald Trump takes office, the SEC has filed a complaint against his most prominent benefactor.
14.01.2025
The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.
A UK judge ruled against James Howells, who has been trying to get a hard drive with private keys to a cryptocurrency fortune out of a landfill for over a decade.
The holders of the vast majority of the world’s wealth? Men. So many men—from Trump and Musk and Putin to every CEO, crypto schmo, and solar bro in between.
Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.
12.01.2025
So far Meta has only abandoned fact-checking in the US. If and when it expands, the move will be a major blow to the Latin American news ecosystem.
11.01.2025
In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.