WIRED Roundup: AI Psychosis, Missing FTC Files, and Google Bedbugs

In today’s episode, Zoë Schiffer is joined by senior editor Louise Matsakis to run through five stories that you need to know about this week—from…

Guillermo del Toro Hopes He’s Dead Before AI Art Goes Mainstream

Guillermo del Toro loves a challenge. Nothing the 61-year-old director does could be termed “half-assed,” and each of his movies is planned, scripted, and storyboarded…

The Man Who Invented AGI

Wang, who now teaches at Temple University, says he only vaguely remembers the discussion but says he might have suggested some alternatives. More importantly, he…

Altair RapidMiner Expands the Agentic AI and Analytics Ecosystem

Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, is launching major updates across Altair RapidMiner, its data analytics and AI platform, to help organizations operationalize intelligence.…

Meta Claims Downloaded Porn at Center of AI Lawsuit Was for ‘Personal Use’

Further, that alleged activity can’t even reliably be linked to any Meta employee, Meta claims. Strike 3 “does not identify any of the individuals who…

Snowflake Bolsters the Enterprise Lakehouse with Variety of Updates

Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, is launching innovations that make it easier for organizations to ingest, access, and govern their data across the entire…

The Curious Case of the Bizarre, Disappearing Captcha

As I browse the web in 2025, I rarely encounter captchas anymore. There’s no slanted text to discern. No image grid of stoplights to identify.…

Searchlight Cyber Acquires Intangic to Strengthen External Cyber Risk Management Capabilities

Nov 3, 2025 By Stephanie Simone Searchlight Cyber is acquiring the cyber risk management company Intangic, enhancing Searchlight’s ability to help organizations measure, monitor, and…

Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot

Back in the 2010s, a website called Let Me Google That For You gained a notable amount of popularity for serving a single purpose: snark.…

WIRED Roundup: Alpha School, Grokipedia, and Real Estate AI Videos

In this episode, WIRED’s executive editor Brian Barrett is joined by senior politics editor Leah Feiger to run through five stories that you need to…