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Kids These Days

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”

Elana Klein

Private Party

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

Noah Shachtman

Status Quo

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News

Special Editions

The Truth About Kids These Days

The youngs are facing problems that didn’t exist half a generation ago. They’re handling it better than you think.

The Future of Home

How we live now is defined by unprecedented forces. In this special issue, WIRED and Architectural Digest help you understand what home will look like tomorrow—and beyond.

Everyone Is Watching the World Cup. The World Cup Is Also Watching You

Much of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is happening in Donald Trump’s America. Will the US’s immigration crackdown, surveillance systems, and political turmoil interfere with soccer’s tentpole tournament?

The Big Interview

Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

Katie Drummond

‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech

Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.

Katie Drummond

This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone

On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, WIRED’s senior culture editor Manisha Krishnan talks to Gowanus about eschewing Big Tech, going outside, and rejection in the age of dating apps.

Manisha Krishnan

Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

For decades, the senator has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and unchecked AI is reaching a tipping point.

Katie Drummond