Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons

“It is impossible for AI to access a fully autonomous lab and autonomously build a virus today because fully autonomous labs do not exist yet,”…

China Isn’t Buying Silicon Valley’s Call for an AI Slowdown

For years, many of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley have argued that the US is locked in an AI arms race with China,…

AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

If you think an artificial intelligence model running on thousands of cutting-edge computer chips is smart, allow me to introduce you to the concept of…

Alpha School’s Ritzy New York City Campus Costs $65,000 a Year—but Isn’t Actually a School

In the fall of 2025, top executives from Alpha School gathered a group of wealthy New York City parents at a series of information sessions…

AI Just Isn’t Right

Nearly half of Americans say they use AI to find information and generate ideas. It’s not hard to see why. As social media devolves into…

Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI  |

ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Wood told TechCrunch. “We feel pretty…

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.” The change…

AMD CEO Lisa Su Isn’t Afraid of the Competition

Last week, some of the most forward-thinking minds in tech, culture, and politics came together for WIRED’s Big Interview event—a series of live, in-depth conversations…

WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions

Uncanny Valley host Zoë Schiffer is joined by senior editor Leah Feiger to discuss five stories you need to know about this week, from how…

Amazon’s ‘House of David’ Used Over 350 AI Shots in Season 2. Its Creator Isn’t Sorry

In the opening scenes of the Amazon Prime series House of David season 2, shortly after the titular David slays Goliath with a stone to…