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The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

Self Reflection

The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

Matt Laslo

The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet

Error Code

The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet

Peter Guest

It Costs Just $400 to Build an AI Disinformation Machine

Faking It

It Costs Just $400 to Build an AI Disinformation Machine

Will Knight

In a World of Fakes, Trump’s Real Mug Shot Matters

Making History

In a World of Fakes, Trump’s Real Mug Shot Matters

Amanda Hoover

Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope

The Buck Stops Here

Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope

Dell Cameron and Andrew Couts

The Twisted Pageantry of American Politics in One Photo

Depth of Field

The Twisted Pageantry of American Politics in One Photo

Jason Parham

Grimes Wants to Be Less Famous (and Replaced by AI)

WIRED Podcasts

Grimes Wants to Be Less Famous (and Replaced by AI)

Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode

The All-American Myth of the TikTok Spy

Ideas

The All-American Myth of the TikTok Spy

Yangyang Cheng

The Ghost of Privacy Past Haunts the Senate’s AI Future

Who You Gonna Call?

The Ghost of Privacy Past Haunts the Senate’s AI Future

Matt Laslo

What Meta’s New Studies Do—and Don’t—Reveal About Social Media and Polarization

Ideas

What Meta’s New Studies Do—and Don’t—Reveal About Social Media and Polarization

Jonathan Stray

Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds

Time Suck

Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds

Paresh Dave

How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism

Ideas

How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism

Kai Ye

Almost 50 Years Into the Crypto Wars, Encryption’s Opponents Are Still Wrong

Plaintext

Almost 50 Years Into the Crypto Wars, Encryption’s Opponents Are Still Wrong

Steven Levy

Spain’s Elections Pit Gig Workers Against the Far Right

Rider's Rights

Spain’s Elections Pit Gig Workers Against the Far Right

Ben Wray

Why You Should Read a 900-Page Novel About the Climate Crisis

WIRED Podcasts

Why You Should Read a 900-Page Novel About the Climate Crisis

Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode

North Carolina's New Abortion Law Is Also a Weapon Against Free Speech

Ideas

North Carolina's New Abortion Law Is Also a Weapon Against Free Speech

Wired Opinion

FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress

Eye Spy

FBI Surveillance Fears Are Uniting a Badly Broken Congress

Dell Cameron

Millionaires Are Begging Governments to Tax Them More

Patriotic Millionaires

Millionaires Are Begging Governments to Tax Them More

Sophie Charara

Green Parties Are Gaining Power—and Problems

New Deal

Green Parties Are Gaining Power—and Problems

Morgan Meaker

Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’

Brain Drain

Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’

Thor Benson