Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble.
Business, Business / Big Tech, Make it Rain
Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending Read Post »
A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than ones and zeros.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Thermodynamic Duo
Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza Read Post »
A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI Lab
How do AI videos end up on Donald Trump’s social media accounts? WIRED investigates.
Politics, Politics / Politics News, Inner Loop
Ahead of Adobe’s MAX Sneaks event, WIRED got an exclusive look at a new tool that can change the tone and style of a voice-over.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Online Services, Distorted Dub
Exclusive: Adobe’s Corrective AI Can Change the Emotions of a Voice-Over Read Post »
Radu Jude’s AI-filled adaptation features Dracula doing porn and exploiting tech workers.
Culture, Culture / Movies, Poor Taste
At Adobe’s annual MAX conference, the company also teased a ChatGPT integration and a new AI assistant in Photoshop.
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Online Services, Gear / Products / Apps, Owl City
Adobe MAX 2025: All the Top Announcements for Adobe’s Creative Suite Read Post »
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Alt Text
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points Read Post »
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Talk Therapy
AI is changing what careers are possible for students interested in STEM subjects. WIRED spoke with five aspiring scientists to find out how they’re preparing for the future.
Science, STEM
Every day, millions confide in AI, exposing their most intimate problems and hoping it will fix them. This is the story of two people—and their bots—on the very edge of therapy’s new frontier.
The Big Story, Science / Health, AI as Therapist
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.
The Big Story, The AI Issue
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
The Big Story, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI as PR
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI Read Post »
And when that didn’t work, I did have sex with AI Pedro Pascal.
The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, AI as Kink
In recent times, there have been two techno-religious awakenings. Here comes the third?
The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, AI as Religion
They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.
The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, AI as Emotional Check
Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That Read Post »
On an airstrip somewhere in Texas, a swarm of killer jets approaches—controlled by, of all things, a large language model.
The Big Story, Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, AI as Weapon
Some of the world’s most interesting thinkers about thinking think they might’ve cracked machine sentience. And I think they might be onto something.
The Big Story, Science, Science / Psychology and Neuroscience, AI as Sentient
AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness Read Post »
I sound Korean—because I am Korean. Can AI make me sound American?
The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, AI as Americanizer
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Security / Security News, Ukraine War
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda Read Post »
