"The meet-and-greet ended abruptly with Bilton saying 'Enjoy the bagels' and leaving in silence."

Good reporting from @nitasha.bsky.social & others on the byzantine patterns of dark money funding for midterm candidates from the tech sector where apparent opponents often share an underlying material interest—keep the genAI boom going by whatever means necessary. wapo.st/4ukkLb3

If Elon Musk was really serious about his proposal for "universal high income," @scottsantens.com tells me, he could start funding it right now. But he isn't doing that, and in fact is spending his time complaining about the mechanism economists see for achieving it: taxation. wapo.st/4uYjCGE

New from me: See the hidden rules behind AI. Then use them to rewrite this article. I hooked this article up to an LLM to help explain system prompts. Give it a try -> www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of DOGE and the federal workforce. It’s the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years. Read more about our winning coverage here: https://wapo.st/3OX3l5A

This lede with Craig Venter emerging nude from the ocean was a real conversation in the Wired bullpen during edits. www.wired.com/2004/08/vent...

New: A former Rubik's Cube world record holder started work at the Commerce Dept on Monday to work on AI policy. Four days later the White House pushed him out due to concern he previously worked for Anthropic. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New: We found out how much money Nick Fuentes makes from "superchats": $900,000 since the start of Trump's second term. Here's the story of Kristine in Ohio, a food-truck operator who became his most frequent donor, despite not making much money herself: wapo.st/4mERkhv

Look at the crumbling support among Virginians (America's first data center hot spot) for data centers: Q: Would you be comfortable or uncomfortable if a new data center were built in your community? 2023: 69% comfortable 2026: 35% comfortable www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Anthropic researchers met with Christian leaders to discuss AI's "spiritual value" and how it should respond to its own demise. "They are creating a creature to whom they owe some kind of moral duty" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @nitasha.bsky.social @gerritd.bsky.social

@shaneisland.bsky.social & I figured out what happened! wapo.st/40Yjlqs

So this happened when we called the White House switchboard yesterday.

BREAKING: Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The NIH’s budget is less than $50b

Huge thank you to all *checks notes* 200,000 of you who subscribed in the last year! Extremely proud of my colleagues and to be part of Team @wired.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/b...

A journalist filed a brief live blog entry on an apparent Iranian missile strike that hit no one and caused no serious damage. Next thing he knew, angry Polymarket users were demanding he change the story—and threatening his life and family if he refused. My story: wapo.st/4lI6Pon (gift link)

New: AI job exposure is important, but there’s more to the picture. Here’s what the research says on adaptability. Find your job here 🎁 wapo.st/4cP2ZHM

Come say hi and grab a signed copy of the newly updated book! #RSAC

NEW: Three teens allege xAI and Grok were used to generate nude underage images. Photos from homecoming, yearbook, beach outings were turned into CSAM and distributed on Discord and Telegram + some were bartered for other child abuse imagery, a lawsuit alleges. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Three Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI, alleging its chatbot Grok made sexual images of them as minors -- appears to be first major legal consequence of Grok's sexualised image spree via @faizsays.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Thank you to everyone who read and commented on our story about the Pentagon shutting out photographers for publishing “unflattering” photos of Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth. As always, I’m reachable on Signal at scottnover.99 if there’s anything you think I should know.

Whistleblower alleges that a DOGE employee told people he took a copy of the Social Security Adminstration's "Master Death File" with him when he left the government www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It's been nearly one year since Trump issued an order to dismantle USAGM and Kari Lake placed employees on leave and fired contractors. Today, a judge found she's been running the agency illegally and found her decisions, including a RIF, null and void. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Elon Musk emailed Jeffrey Epstein on consecutive Christmases 2012: "Do you have any parties planned? ... I really want to ... let loose." 2013: "When should we head to your island on the 2nd?" My piece looking at his fraught effort to position himself as a voice for victims now wapo.st/4b9kYWV

New: The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war. An "aesthetic of bloodlust" that gives Americans the empathy-free, Hollywood, video-game version of deadly combat www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

No one told Xi Jinping about the AI productivity bump? "Beijing set an economic growth target of 4.5 percent to 5 percent for 2026 — down from 5 percent last year and its lowest in almost 35 years" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Less than 24 hours after the Pentagon declared Claude a threat to national security, Anthropic's chatbot was helping identify targets as the U.S. launched strikes on Iran www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Surprising to see OpenAI claim: "We don’t know why Anthropic could not reach this deal." Dario Amodei said last week that surveillance law "has not yet caught up with the rapidly growing capabilities of AI." OpenAI's deal says it will work on domestic surveillance as permitted under current law.

New: Trump allies claim “VICTORY” as the Ellisons expand their empire to include CNN, HBO and much more. Laura Loomer told me she’s taking credit after the president picked up on her campaign to paint Netflix as Obama-coded. Our story today w/ fresh details on how it all went down: wapo.st/4qVDnMx

On the plight of Fisker Ocean owners, who discovered when the EV manufacturer that made their software-stuffed cars went bankrupt that they maybe never owned them at all Now a group of very dedicated owners are fighting to take their EVs back www.wired.com/story/the-ri...

7 in 10 Americans believe that “less than half” or “hardly any” of the immigrants deported since January 2025 were violent criminals www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A national treasure of a journalist & especially fine human just posted some of his work for free ⬇️

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS. Eager to hear tips on the industry at [email protected]

After almost four years at The Washington Post, my role was eliminated this week along with hundreds of other talented journalists. It’s a cliche to say but this job was a dream come true. Thanks to my brilliant reporter friends and talented editors who made the stories stronger and banter funnier.

Tatum is way ahead of the curve on internet culture and has been for years.

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

I cannot count the number of insanely talented colleagues that were ousted today, but Heather is a brilliant writer on tech and absolutely hilarious as a bonus.

Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.

For what it’s worth, @washingtonpost.com broke this story www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

New territory. Must read story from a colleague. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

some of my favorite snippets from newly released court docs in the Anthropic copyright book case. eye-opening stuff on Project Panama, their plan to "destructively scan all the books in the world" in order to train AI

New: Unsealed court docs detail Big Tech’s yearslong, secret race to ingest the collective works of humanity, including Anthropic’s project to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” Gift link: wapo.st/4rjXAMQ

"Sir, r/catbongos has fallen" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"I need my devices back to do my job." wapo.st/4jUxQEe

2015: "Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return." 2026: "We plan to test ads at the bottom of answers in ChatGPT when there’s a relevant sponsored product or service"

X says Grok account will stop undressing women. I just tested the standalone Grok app, which immediately complied with my request to undress a photo of me. This is illegal, according to the legal experts I spoke with.

September: Judge in Google's antitrust trial says AI made search more competitive: "there is a genuine prospect that a product could emerge that will present a meaningful challenge to Google” January: Google signs deal with Apple to power Siri www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Early-career journalist in the UK? Interested in spending 3 months at The Washington Post? What if we drop in another month of travel across the US in this mid-term election year? You can now apply to become our 45th Stern-Bryan Fellow! Details: lnkd.in/eXuhPH_Y Trust us, you don't want to miss it!