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AI Will Never Be Conscious

AI Will Never Be Conscious

In his new book, A World Appears, Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a person....

Uncanny Valley: AI Researchers’ Resignations, Bots Hiring Humans, Evie Magazine’s Party

Uncanny Valley: AI Researchers’ Resignations, Bots Hiring Humans, Evie Magazine’s Party

This episode of Uncanny Valley covers the people resigning from AI companies and the humans getting hired by AI agents. Plus, we a...

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from...

Trump Imposes New Tariffs to Sidestep Supreme Court Ruling

Trump Imposes New Tariffs to Sidestep Supreme Court Ruling

The president signed an executive order implementing 10 percent global tariffs after calling the justices who struck down his sign...

They Bet Against Trump’s Tariffs. Now They Stand to Make Millions

They Bet Against Trump’s Tariffs. Now They Stand to Make Millions

After the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, investment firms are in line for a whopping return ...

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major milita...

Supreme Court Rules Most of Donald Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal

Supreme Court Rules Most of Donald Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal

In a 6-3 ruling, justices upended the Trump administration's signature economic policy, potentially putting the US government on t...

The War Over Prediction Markets Is Just Getting Started

The War Over Prediction Markets Is Just Getting Started

Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are booming, and so is a fight among regulators, lawmakers, and advocates over their...

Leading US Research Lab Appears to Be Squeezing Out Foreign Scientists

Leading US Research Lab Appears to Be Squeezing Out Foreign Scientists

House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored change...

An FBI ‘Asset’ Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years

An FBI ‘Asset’ Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years

A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBI—and still allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-ta...

Donald Trump Jr.’s Private DC Club Has Mysterious Ties to an Ex-Cop With a Controversial Past

Donald Trump Jr.’s Private DC Club Has Mysterious Ties to an Ex-Cop With a Controversial Past

The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate ...

‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok

‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok

On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising...

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees ar...

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry's Code With AI

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry's Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at th...

Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift

Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift

The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it's betting on a smaller, more valuable audienc...

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

Gay men have long been rumored to run Silicon Valley. WIRED investigates.

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony

The Meta CEO stuck to a playbook of repetitive answers and buzzwords in a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up

Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potenti...

Trump administration's demands for California's voter rolls,...

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