Shakespeare plays as digitized social networks

The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots.

a certain kind of person writes in all lowercase now. why?

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

Missed our latest WIRED@Night event? Enjoy an evening of podcasting in San Francisco right here.

The company is suspending the feature after security researchers discovered how easy it was to access sensitive information shared with the AI assistant.

Instagram’s long-form video update is more than a swipe at YouTube. It’s an attempt to capture the clip economy.

As agents go mainstream, some publishers are hoping that people will pay for content tailor-made for AI—not humans.