SSA employees grilled management during a tense meeting about the government shutdown yesterday. “People are coming to me saying they cannot put gas in their car and they cannot afford to come to work anymore," one employee said. Scoop w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/social...

Jake is one of the best and I’ll really miss working with him — whoever gets to work with him next is very lucky!

The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot: www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...

New: Google has a bed bug outbreak in its New York offices: www.wired.com/story/theres...

What's it like to own a Cybertruck in the year 2025? We talked to owners about their most controversial purchase and why they (still) love it: www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Scoop with @lmatsakis.bsky.social: OpenAI is about to launch a TikTok-style social app for AI generated videos. We got the deets (and the docs): www.wired.com/story/openai...

Yang Song, who previously led the strategic explorations team at OpenAI, is the new ‘research principal’ of Meta Superintelligence Labs. www.wired.com/story/meta-p...

"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it. I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."

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We obtained emails that appear to show the White House ordered government officials to put Grok back on the list of approved vendors “ASAP” www.wired.com/story/white-...

Mark Zuckerberg went on a hiring spree to lure top AI research talent to Meta. At least three recent hires have resigned: www.wired.com/story/resear...

Elon Musk's xAI has sued OpenAI and Apple claiming the companies colluded to protect their monopolies and hurt Grok: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

On the pod this week, I talk to @lmatsakis.bsky.social about Trump's possible chips deals and what it means for the tech industry (and China): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Astronomer's new CEO is ready to talk. @stevenlevy.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/astron...

great feature from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social about Hollywood and AI, what are the fears and what is the reality www.wired.com/story/artifi...

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This week on the pod, me and @jakelahut.writes.news discuss the GPT-5 launch and why the White House is going all in on deportation memes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

We spoke to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about what he learned from the GPT-5 launch, the AI bubble, and why he's prepared to spend trillions on data centers in the "not very distant future." With @willknight.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/sam-al...

The US government announced a series of major AI partnerships in recent weeks with firms like OpenAI and Anthropic. One company that was supposed to be part of the mix? Elon Musk's xAI. Here's what happened. With @makenakelly.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/xai-gr...

On the pod this week: @jakelahut.writes.news & I discuss OpenAI’s major partnership with the U.S. government, Epstein continuing to tear Trump world apart, a wild saga about Bitcoin miners, and more: open.spotify.com/episode/1JZ4...

Trump recently fired one of our top economists after her agency published a disappointing jobs report. China shows how manipulating economic data erodes government credibility: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

OpenAI just announced a major partnership with the US government—the culmination of months of meetings between high-ranking OpenAI employees and the General Services Administration. With @willknight.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/openai...

NEW: WIRED has the police report about the alleged assault on Edward "Big Balls" Coristine -- the incident that predated President Donald Trump threatening to "federalize" DC. Read @carolinehaskins.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social:

This week in Backchannel (née Plaintext) @stevenlevy.bsky.social goes deep on why Trump's anti-bias AI order is (surprise) really just more bias: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Today on the pod, I chat with @jakelahut.writes.news about whether whether Silicon Valley is losing its grip on DC. Also, black holes, DOGE apocalypse office, and the Trump administration's apparent war against cancer research: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... open.spotify.com/episode/5zfi...

The first edition of Made in China is here! Working with @lmatsakis.bsky.social (and @zeyiyang.bsky.social!) has been the privilege of my career and this newsletter is already so fantastic. Read! Subscribe: www.wired.com/story/china-...

“The Peter Thiels of the world have been doing this for a while,” the strategist says. “Elon Musk has not.” Despite Musk throwing nearly $300 million toward supporting Trump in 2024, he “amassed influence, went to the White House, and didn’t get everything he wanted.” www.wired.com/story/peter-...

i have no words other than AHHHHHHH my weekly @wired.com newsletter - model behavior - is almost here. my very first edition goes live next tuesday 🌷🤠

Smashing "subscribe" so hard on the new MADE IN CHINA newsletter by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social that I nearly threw up www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

One of the highlights of my career has been reporting on China & working closely with @zeyiyang.bsky.social. So I’m really excited to share that we’re launching a new newsletter together for @wired.com. It's called "Made in China." You can sign up for it here: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

DOGE has largely vacated the General Services Administration building in Washington DC. Children's play toys, mattresses, and pillows were left behind. Here are the photos: www.wired.com/story/photos...

WIRED has been leading the conversation in 2025—and I’m particularly proud of the work the business desk has done across AI, crypto, China, and trade +++ there’s so much more coming for paid subscribers! www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

Trump's Commerce Secretary loves tariffs. His former investment firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, is letting clients essentially bet that the tariffs will be struck down in court, per a letter obtained by WIRED. Scoop w/ @lmatsakis.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/cantor...

Tech billionaires back Erebor following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse 2 years ago. One interesting thing we found out in the course of our reporting: Peter Thiel cut a $1 million check but is otherwise not involved, per Founders Fund. By @adamwillems.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/palmer...

OpenAI has hired 4 high-level engineers, including David Lau, former vice president of software engineering at Tesla, away from rivals. They’re joining the scaling team, per a Slack message from Greg Brockman just now. New from me and @willknight.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/openai...

Scoop: Here's what Mark Zuckerberg is offering top tier research talent to come to Meta: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

Scoop: Sam Altman slammed Meta's AI talent poaching spree in a memo to staff last night. "Missionaries will beat mercenaries," he said: www.wired.com/story/sam-al...

story here! www.wired.com/story/ai-mor...

🚨 Big AI moratorium news— after initially introducing a comprise version of the provision with Ted Cruz yesterday, Marsha Blackburn has walked back support for her own compromise. Her reversal comes after a day of hard lobbying against the bill from a wide array of orgs. STORY TK!

NEW: In a forceful memo, OpenAI’s chief research officer has responded to Meta poaching the company’s employees: “Someone has broken into our home.” By @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/openai...

“I feel a visceral feeling right now, as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something,” the chief research officer at OpenAI wrote on Slack about the company going up against Meta for talent. “Please trust that we haven’t been sitting idly by.” scoop from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:

Scoop: OpenAI leadership sent a forceful note about Meta’s recruiting efforts in an internal memo to staff yesterday. The company is recalibrating comp and going head to head with the social giant: www.wired.com/story/openai...

ICYMI: WIRED obtained hundreds of 911 calls from inside ICE detention centers. Pregnancy complications, seizures, overdoses, sexual assaults, chest pains, head wounds, and more. Experts say for every 911 call, countless medical emergencies go unreported. The story is free to read:

Big Balls has left the government: www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

Anthropic has scored a major victory in an ongoing legal battle over AI models and copyright, with big implications for the many AI lawsuits winding through the US legal system. By @knibbs.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Elon Musk’s lawyers claim he does not use a computer in a filing related to his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. But he has talked about “his” computer many many times recently. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

come hang out with us on @wired.com's Uncanny Valley pod while we talk about this truly dystopian timeline!!

"AI will do everything for you—including fuck up. You need to watch them carefully, like toddlers" www.wired.com/story/vibe-c... @willknight.bsky.social

On the pod this week—People are turning to chatbots to figure out what is really going on with the protests in LA. It's not going well: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...