Katie Drummond
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Global Editorial Director at WIRED. Board member
@freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
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Noah Shachtman
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You know an outlet has The Juice when reporters of
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@wired.com
just went from strong to stronger.
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We are so, so, so profoundly excited about this. Ej is one of my very favorite writers and I can't believe we're lucky enough to have her at WIRED!
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I am loving all of this free promotion
@wired.com
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Angela Watercutter
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Given that there’s another No Kings protest this weekend, I’d like to point you to
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
’s wonderful
@wired.com
piece on the online origins of the movement.
www.wired.com/story/techno...
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The Online Tools That Fueled ‘No Kings’ and the Trump Resistance
Social media platforms, collaborative online tools, and encrypted messaging are all helping to power a massive, decentralized resistance to the Trump administration.
https://www.wired.com/story/technology-tools-donald-trump-resistance/
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WIRED
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Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
www.wired.com/story/gaza-w...
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-war-al-shifa-hospital-ghosts/
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I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-war-al-shifa-hospital-ghosts/?_sp=1e499853-f44d-4fcc-a9e8-77e4f7cd72f2.1774614176999
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“Any version of a ground operation would be incredibly complicated and pose a huge risk to the lives of American troops.” An explainer as clear as it is terrifying from
@carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work
Experts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troops’ lives at great risk—and might still fail.
https://www.wired.com/story/us-iran-war-nuclear-extraction-ground-operation/
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Andrew Couts
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NEW: This one's for anybody who has been subjected to the infernal nightmare that is MyMove.
@toddfeathers.bsky.social
reports:
www.wired.com/story/the-go...
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The Government’s Shittiest Website
For more than 30 years, the US Postal Service has sent people who need to change their addresses to MyMove. Experts say the site uses dark patterns to trap visitors in an online purgatory of “deals.”
https://www.wired.com/story/the-governments-shittiest-website/
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He’s mad again :(
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For
@wired.com
Model Behavior this week
@mzeff.bsky.social
talked to prominent independent tech journalists using AI to write and edit their work. (Don’t shoot the messenger!)
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Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories
Independent writers are using AI agents all throughout their reporting process. What’s the value of a human journalist, anyway?
https://www.wired.com/story/tech-reporters-using-ai-write-edit-stories/
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There are many, many bad government websites.... ...and then there's
MyMove.gov
-- easily the most evil, disastrously bad website ever to be created for the world wide web. I want to kill it ten times over.
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MyMove Is the US Government’s Shittiest Website
For more than 30 years, the US Postal Service has sent people who need to change their addresses to MyMove. Experts say the site uses dark patterns to trap visitors in an online purgatory of “deals.”
https://www.wired.com/story/the-governments-shittiest-website/
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The hits keep coming! Very happy that Lauren Smiley won a SABEW Best in Business award for her fantastic
@wired.com
feature on Boeing whistleblowers. Read the story if you haven't:
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The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-whistleblower-737-max/
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Leah Feiger
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“There's no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public and impersonate law enforcement. "The consequence of this is that it’s going to be a systemic harm across all law enforcement.” read
@telliotter.bsky.social
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Why ICE Is Allowed to Impersonate Law Enforcement
“There's no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public. "The consequence of this is that it’s going to be a systemic harm across all law enforcement.”
https://www.wired.com/story/why-ice-is-allowed-to-impersonate-law-enforcement/
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Viral AI fruit drama. That’s where 2026 is at.
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There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos
From female fruit being fart-shamed or even sexually assaulted, there’s a misogynistic undercurrent to the fruit slop microdramas, even as they appear to be cultivating genuine fans.
https://www.wired.com/story/theres-something-very-dark-about-a-lot-of-those-viral-ai-fruit-videos/
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Look at us go! Now on YouTube!
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Major credit to
@rhodesben.bsky.social
who spent 90 minutes answering
@wired.com
questions about geopolitics for a fascinating, extra-long episode of Tech Support this week:
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YouTube video by WIRED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmOXJnXshY
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molly taft
2 days ago
NEW: i took a look at legislation
@sanders.senate.gov
is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI" it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w AI safety
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New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.
https://www.wired.com/story/new-bernie-sanders-ai-safety-bill-would-halt-data-center-construction/
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Read
@laurengoode.bsky.social
in conversation with Arm CEO Rene Haas, about the company's decision to produce its own chip for the first time. I learned many things from this interview, but my favorite part is probably Lauren's assessment of Haas as "tall, though not particularly foreboding." Ow.
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Arm’s CEO Insists the Market Needs His New CPU. It Could Piss Everyone Off
Arm just confirmed the rumors: It’s producing its own chip for the first time. CEO Rene Haas explains why this won’t alienate the many chipmakers who license the company’s designs.
https://www.wired.com/story/arms-ceo-insists-the-market-needs-his-new-cpu-it-could-piss-everyone-off/
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My next Big Interview for
@wired.com
is out, and the timing couldn’t be better: In the days before Arm was set to launch its own chip (!) I had the chance to grill Arm CEO Rene Haas on what this CPU means for the chip market, and for the future of Arm
www.wired.com/story/arms-c...
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Arm’s CEO Insists the Market Needs His New CPU. It Could Piss Everyone Off
Arm just confirmed the rumors: It’s producing its own chip for the first time. CEO Rene Haas explains why this won’t alienate the many chipmakers who license the company’s designs.
https://www.wired.com/story/arms-ceo-insists-the-market-needs-his-new-cpu-it-could-piss-everyone-off/
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Nobody wanted Sora.
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The Blurred Truths of Sora
Many will assume that OpenAI’s Sora app represents a new era of social media. But that’s wrong—all it does is reanimate our current one.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-blurred-truths-of-sora/
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The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US. Here's
@simon-hill.bsky.social
with everything you need to know:
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Why Has the US Banned Foreign-Made Routers?
The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.
https://www.wired.com/story/us-government-foreign-made-router-ban-explained/
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The
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Big Interview podcast is back for season two. For our first episode, I sat down with the brilliant
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
to talk about war as content, how he thinks about his role in the attention economy, what scares him about AI, and Big Tech X Trump.
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Chris Hayes Has Some Advice for Keeping Up With the News
The host of MS Now’s “All In,” knows how hard it is to stay current. But he also knows where you should focus your attention—and it starts with a sober view of AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-chris-hayes/
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"If we can create a nonsentient, headless bodyoid for a human being, that will be a great source of organs."
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A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow 'Organ Sacks' to Replace Animal Testing
R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term goal, says a cofounder, is to make human versions.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-billionaire-backed-startup-wants-to-grow-organ-sacks-to-replace-animal-testing/
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NEW: from pickup artists filming drunk women to pranks on retail workers,
@milesklee.bsky.social
looked at how Meta Ray-Bans are making annoying men everyone's problem:
www.wired.com/story/the-ri...
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The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-ray-ban-meta-creep/
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We talked to eyewitnesses about the ICE takeover of American airports:
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ICE Invades Airports Across the US
Agents from ICE are being deployed to over a dozen airports around the country, including New York, Atlanta, and Chicago.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-invades-airports-across-the-us/
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🎇New cover story, new cover package... War Machine. Months ago, we thought we should tell stories of conflict, not knowing, of course, what 2026 would bring
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War is here, at home and abroad. The latest
@wired.com
cover package is all about conflict, from the human toll of a forensic tech shortage in Gaza to life under ICE surveillance to the defense tech industry thriving under Trump -- check back all week for new stories:
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War Is Here
WIRED reports from the front lines, at home and abroad.
https://www.wired.com/tag/war-machine/
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Airlines are bracing themselves for an oil crisis — and experts say they’re a canary in the coal mine for the rest of the global economy:
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Airlines Are Already Preparing for an Oil Crisis
With the Iran war doubling oil prices, experts say the airline industry’s belt-tightening is an economic canary in the coal mine for the rest of the world.
https://www.wired.com/story/united-airlines-jet-fuel-alarm-economy/
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7 days ago
it was such a rip-roaring week in the prediction market world, i had to blog it... i'm not in DC or i'd be grabbing a drink at that polymarket bar to cap it off!
www.wired.com/story/why-th...
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‘A Rigged and Dangerous Product’: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet
As the prediction market boom continues, backlash is growing too, with Arizona filing criminal charges against Kalshi and public outcry after Polymarket traders threatened a journalist.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-this-was-the-wildest-week-for-prediction-markets-yet/
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"The situation in the Gulf is so extreme, analysts told WIRED, that it’s almost unbelievable."
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Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario
One expert says that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be not recessionary, but depressionary.
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-war-puts-global-energy-markets-on-the-brink-of-a-worst-case-scenario/
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Evan Ratliff co-founded a company with an AI agent named Kyle. Kyle, not surprisingly, became a LinkedIn power poster. So much so that the company invited him -- yes, the AI agent -- to speak at an internal LinkedIn event. I won't spoil what comes next, but this entire story is a delight:
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My AI Agent ‘Cofounder’ Conquered LinkedIn. Then It Got Banned
When social media is constantly pushing people to use AI, why not let AI agents participate?
https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-invited-my-ai-cofounder-to-give-a-corporate-talk-then-banned-it/
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Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.
https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-can-be-hacked-with-a-new-tool-found-in-the-wild/
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"He forgets to eat, he says, unless his wife puts food in front of him. His back hurts. His eyes are constantly tired. He drinks too much coffee. Some mornings he forgets what day it is or when he last went outside."
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He Built the Definitive Epstein Database—and It Consumed His Life
The data engineer started as a casual reader of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Then he became obsessed, and built the most extensive network graph of the sexual predator’s shadowy world.
https://www.wired.com/story/he-built-the-definitive-epstein-database-and-it-consumed-his-life/
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WIRED
9 days ago
On March 26, a panel of WIRED experts will dissect the defense tech industry’s impact on modern warfare. Submit your questions now.
www.wired.com/story/livest...
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Join Our Next Livestream: The War Machine
On March 26, a panel of WIRED experts will dissect the defense tech industry’s impact on modern warfare. Submit your questions now.
https://www.wired.com/story/livestream-the-war-machine/
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WIRED
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The data engineer started as a casual reader of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Then he became obsessed, and built the most extensive network graph of the sexual predator’s shadowy world.
www.wired.com/story/he-bui...
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He Built the Definitive Epstein Database—and It Consumed His Life
The data engineer started as a casual reader of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Then he became obsessed, and built the most extensive network graph of the sexual predator’s shadowy world.
https://www.wired.com/story/he-built-the-definitive-epstein-database-and-it-consumed-his-life/
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Curious about
@katmabu.bsky.social
?
@knibbs.bsky.social
wrote this profile for our politics issue last year; it's great
www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...
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She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress
Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.
https://www.wired.com/story/kat-abughazaleh-youtuber-for-congress/
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Ending the day with a reminder to subscribe to
@wired.com
if you don't already. Trust the guy who has read all of the magazines, twice!
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The New York Times is right. I don’t care! (And huge credit to the
@wired.com
team, whose intrepid, fearless, always fair reporting gives the tech bros plenty to be mad about.)
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Wired’s New Editor Doesn’t Care if the Tech Bros Are Mad
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/business/media/wired-editor-katie-drummond-tech-politics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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As a 40-year-old who's had shingles twice, must say I feel personally attacked by my own publication right now:
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The Shingles Virus May Be Aging You More Quickly
Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.
https://www.wired.com/story/shingles-virus-aging/
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"I started to at least realize that he was kind of a moron about many topics."
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The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’
The EV manufacturer is supported by a robust online community. But Elon Musk’s politics and overblown hype about Full Self-Driving are turning some loyalists away.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-tesla-influencers-leaving-the-cult/
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14 days ago
Software demos and Pentagon records detail how chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude could help the Pentagon analyze intelligence and suggest next steps.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
Software demos and Pentagon records detail how chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude could help the Pentagon analyze intelligence and suggest next steps.
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-demos-show-how-the-military-can-use-ai-chatbots-to-generate-war-plans/
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SCOOP: John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job w/
@telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/john-s...
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John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job
A whistleblower complaint alleges John Solly claimed to have stored highly sensitive Social Security data on a thumb drive. Solly and Leidos, his current employer, strongly deny the allegations.
https://www.wired.com/story/john-solly-doge-operative-accused-social-security-data-leidos/
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16 days ago
In Discord servers and Instagram DMs, content creators are organizing, turning followings in the millions into millions of dollars in political giving.
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This Is the Next Wave of Political Fundraising
In Discord servers and Instagram DMs, content creators are organizing, turning followings in the millions into millions of dollars in political giving.
https://wrd.cm/40pDd5y
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Nick Clegg, former president of global affairs at Meta, has a lot to say about tech under the Trump admin ("endless ring-kissing"), the EU's AI regulation ("a ludicrous act of self-harm"), and much more. An excellent
@wired.com
interview from
@joelkhalili.bsky.social
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Nick Clegg Doesn’t Want to Talk About Superintelligence
After leaving Meta last year, the former deputy prime minister of the UK is charting a new path in the AI industry that has nothing to do with AGI.
https://www.wired.com/story/nick-clegg-ai-startup-efekta-superintelligence/
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Why is the biggest name in AI late to the coding revolution?
@mzeff.bsky.social
spoke to more than 30 people, including OpenAI execs and employees who spoke without company permission, about how OpenAI is racing to catch up with Anthropic -- and why it fell behind in the first place:
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Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
Why is the biggest name in AI late to the AI coding revolution?
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-codex-race-claude-code/
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NEW: DOD employees are being pressured to volunteer to help with DHS's immigration crackdown. The work includes things like: “developing concepts of operation and campaign plans to execute internal arrests and raids as well as patrols along the Southwest Border”
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Pete Hegseth Is Pushing Defense Employees to Volunteer With DHS
The defense secretary has made clear that Pentagon managers are to encourage workers, including civilians, to volunteer to assist in the administration's immigration crackdown.
https://www.wired.com/story/pete-hegseth-is-pushing-defense-employees-to-volunteer-for-dhs/
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"I see the proliferation of AI-based fake news pushing us over the edge of a fact-based world unless we enact change now."
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Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X
X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.
https://www.wired.com/story/fake-ai-content-about-the-iran-war-is-all-over-x/
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NEW: An events company whose associates helped plan the Jan. 6th insurrection have raked in millions in contracts with the U.S. government since Trump's election. The firm had previously netted only $50,000 in government contracts over the past decade.
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They Helped Plan the January 6 Rally. Now Their Events Company Is Raking in Millions in Government Contracts
The Trump administration has awarded Event Strategies several contracts—including one that could be worth up to $100 million—with little competition, according to federal filings.
https://www.wired.com/story/they-helped-plan-the-january-6-rally-now-their-events-company-is-raking-in-millions-in-government-contracts/
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I've been following Yann LeCun's career for almost (!) 20 years, since I was a little
@wired.com
intern covering his research. He's the real deal, and uniquely unfiltered as tech leaders go. Very curious to see what this company gets up to (even though, yes, $1B is insane):
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Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, aims to prove it.
https://www.wired.com/story/yann-lecun-raises-dollar1-billion-to-build-ai-that-understands-the-physical-world/
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18 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
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