In today’s episode, host Zoë Schiffer is joined by executive editor Brian Barrett to discuss five stories you need to know about this week—from how…
Category: Primers
The Biggest AI Companies Met to Find a Better Path for Chatbot Companions
At Stanford, dozens of attendees participated in lengthy chats about the risks, as well as the benefits, of bot companions. “At the end of the…
The US Needs an Open Source AI Intervention to Beat China
Since 2022, America has had a solid lead in artificial intelligence thanks to advanced models from high-flying companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and xAI.…
This Home Robot Clears Tables and Loads the Dishwasher All by Itself
Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a…
In Alex Karp’s World, Palantir Is the Underdog
Recently, WIRED editor at large Steven Levy sat down for an interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp. Karp defended his company’s contracts with clients like…
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
Jamie would meticulously schedule his days around finding time alone to watch porn and masturbate—often up to five times a day. The 32-year-old Michigan engineer,…
Microsoft’s Agent 365 Tries to Be the AI Bot Boss
Nov 17, 2025 Fortinet, a global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, announced the Secure AI Data Center solution, an end-to-end framework…
Microsoft’s Agent 365 Wants to Help You Manage Your AI Bot Army
A new tool from Microsoft called Agent 365 is designed to help businesses control their growing collection of robotic helpers. Agent 365 is not a…
Gemini 3 Is Here—and Google Says It Will Make Search Smarter
Google has introduced Gemini 3, its smartest artificial intelligence model to date, with cutting-edge reasoning, multimedia, and coding skills. As talk of an AI bubble…
‘Odd Lots’ Cohost Joe Weisenthal Has Predictions About How the AI Bubble Will Burst
If you read any of WIRED’s recent AI edition, you know that lots of people are spending lots of time talking about how the technology…