Plus: Apple’s visionOS 2.4 makes it easier for guests to use the Vision Pro, Eero has two new Wi-Fi 7 routers, Oppo’s folding phone is the slimmest yet, and Omega drops a bronze Bond watch.

Theater productions Doomers and McNeal tackle AI’s impact on humanity and the creative process.

A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world. For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist and turn of their alleged descent into mayhem and death.

Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.

WIRED’s advice columnist considers whether some AI tools are more ethical than others, and if developers can make AI wiser.

Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims. But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web.

One developer responds to the release of Muse: “We are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives.”

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is one of USAID’s most data-driven programs, but its work has been stalled by the Trump administration.

WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers.

Meta’s Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.

“Good game stories are going to be written by good narrative designers,” says Obsidian’s Carrie Patel. The new fantasy RPG she helmed gets an early release today.

Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse.

The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rights holders.

Dan Hendrycks is researching new methods of assessing AI risks that could be used to shape Grok’s politics.

OpenAI’s CEO claims the company has yet to receive an official offer from Elon Musk’s team, sources say.

Do people really fall in love with AI? I dated bots from four different companies for a week—and found out it was easier than I thought.

Grindr CEO George Arison is going all-in on artificial intelligence. I tested the beta version of the queer app’s AI wingman, letting it guide my interactions and offer advice.

The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.

The real competition in AI isn’t about foundation models. It’s about apps built on top of those models.

The company says artificial intelligence could help surface jobs that remain hidden from typical search queries.