Channel Descriptionhttps://www.wired.com© Condé Nast 2026en-USWed, 16 Sep 2026 06:57:04 +0000https://www.wired.com/story/against-tech-oligarchy-book-excerpt-trump-billionaries/6a74f66dc44a52857403bf7aTue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000Following mass layoffs in 2022 and 2023, many tech workers turned against their employers. When liberal politicians also rallied against Silicon Valley, their backers turned to Donald Trump.The Big StoryBusinessPoliticsBook Excerpt, longreads, Silicon Valley, Layoffs, Economy, LaborJs Tan, Clarissa RedwineCondé NastBook Excerpthttps://www.wired.com/story/viral-bodega-peptides-tests-show-they-arent-peptides-oops/6a8f4b9f0f949eaf20fb3777Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.ScienceScience / HealthBusinessFDA, pharmaceutical industry, peptides, testing, health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Sophie Kleeman, Kate KnibbsCondé NastShooting Blankshttps://www.wired.com/story/lawmakers-want-states-to-crack-down-on-flock-cameras-or-pay-the-price/6aa83105069d012d55fe6d65Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000A new bipartisan effort in Congress to rein in automated license plate readers takes a page from the national drinking age: Comply, or risk losing federal highway funding.BusinessBusiness / RegulationPoliticsPolitics / PolicyFlock, surveillance, congress, Policy, lawsParesh DaveCondé NastHerding Flockshttps://www.wired.com/story/ai-leaders-are-calling-for-a-slowdown-trumps-team-says-its-on-them/6aa7ba5ebd1baa3b3b2e94a7Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s weekend plea for regulation. The White House seems unlikely to oblige.BusinessBusiness / Artificial Intelligenceai, Donald Trump, agentic AI, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, artificial intelligence, Anthropic, OpenAI, ChinaIsabella WardCondé NastWhoa Nowhttps://www.wired.com/story/chatbot-generated-fiction-i-like-my-big-rat-wife/6a9585f1b479cd2d026f6fc0Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000While the publishing industry frets over how authors are using AI, many readers are taking things into their own hands.BusinessBusiness / Artificial Intelligencechatbots, artificial intelligence, Books, fiction, Fantasy, reading, Publishing, OpenAIJoel KhaliliCondé NastStory Timehttps://www.wired.com/story/polymarket-investigations-iran-biden-google-foia/6aa41351ad39288c906c2bdcFri, 11 Sep 2026 19:21:34 +0000The agency that oversees prediction markets has investigated Polymarket trades on Biden pardons and the Iran war—and even more potential insider trading at Google, documents obtained by WIRED show.BusinessBusiness / RegulationPolymarket, us government, prediction markets, Kalshi, Regulation, Freedom of Information Act, GoogleKate KnibbsCondé NastInside Informationhttps://www.wired.com/story/one-of-ais-fiercest-critics-says-all-the-doom-talk-is-meant-to-distract-us/6aa2ebafac09546d4c4d2127Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.BusinessBusiness / Tech CultureBackchannel - NL, artificial intelligence, OpenAI, Anthropic, AI safety, Q&ALauren GoodeCondé NastBackchannelhttps://www.wired.com/story/why-so-many-ai-researchers-think-the-machines-could-kill-everyone/6aa1ae63f598338e8d128f12Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.BusinessBusiness / Artificial Intelligenceartificial intelligence, OpenAI, Anthropic, agentic AI, apocalypseWill KnightCondé NastControl Freakshttps://www.wired.com/story/openai-wants-to-know-if-an-ai-industry-slowdown-would-even-be-legal/6aa2f5da9bfef15e7a640b9fThu, 10 Sep 2026 23:28:42 +0000AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceModel Behavior, artificial intelligence, OpenAI, AI safety, Regulation, Antitrust, AnthropicMaxwell ZeffCondé NastModel Behaviorhttps://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-is-ai-actually-going-to-kill-us-all/6aa1efe41fbc971c9b4403e6Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:30:37 +0000This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceBusiness / Tech CultureUncanny Valley Podcast, podcasts, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, US Census, Apple event, apple, iPhone, mathematicsBrian Barrett, Leah Feiger, Will KnightCondé NastUncanny Valleyhttps://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-researcher-quits-jacob-coxon-ai-fears-humanity/6aa18ecc989080f6e79c9e38Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:11:55 +0000Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceAnthropic, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, apocalypse, Q&AMaxwell ZeffCondé NastRed Alerthttps://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-orders-meta-to-stop-allowing-ai-child-abuse-ads/6aa1a26ea58b3128b9c68bcbWed, 09 Sep 2026 21:15:27 +0000The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.SecuritySecurity / PrivacyBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceBusiness / Social MediaMeta, privacy, artificial intelligence, children, ads, laws, Facebook, InstagramMatt BurgessCondé NastCease and Desisthttps://www.wired.com/story/uk-lawmakers-are-scrambling-in-response-to-ai-summer-of-chaos/6aa18846f1f7021bf3b4d647Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:07:42 +0000As AI agents go rogue and fears of superintelligence grow, politicians are raising the alarm over its potential harm to human existence.BusinessBusiness / Big TechAI Panic, UK, agentic AI, Anthropic, Elon Musk, OpenAIIsabella WardCondé Nasthttps://www.wired.com/story/i-used-ai-to-hack-my-home-network/6a99c117ea54a6b9ca0b7009Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000After I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more secure.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceAI Lab, agentic AI, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, hacking, open source, OpenAI, AnthropicWill KnightCondé NastAI Labhttps://www.wired.com/story/a-new-dollar400-million-startup-wants-to-fix-the-ai-memory-bottleneck/6a986e558a0ee29aae9e184fWed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.BusinessBusiness / Startupsai, Semiconductors, memory, Startups, chips, artificial intelligenceLauren GoodeCondé NastChip Stackhttps://www.wired.com/story/meta-releases-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-with-privacy-built-into-it/6a9b2b6de2d6587d5e6b3c23Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:12:51 +0000Designed to compete with OpenClaw and Instinct, the company says Muse can do everything from sell your car to book you a plane ticket.SecuritySecurity / PrivacyBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceMeta, artificial intelligence, agentic AI, privacy, security, Signal, OpenAILily Hay Newman, Maxwell ZeffCondé NastPivot to Privacyhttps://www.wired.com/story/apple-and-google-miss-deadline-to-block-child-nudity-on-their-phones-in-the-uk/6aa037ab5fbc3d6ff27cfe9eTue, 08 Sep 2026 18:13:26 +0000Now the UK government plans to introduce new legislation that would see companies face fines and potential criminal liability, and signaled similar plans could extend to Snapchat and Instagram.BusinessBusiness / Big TechUK, Social Networks, privacy, apple, Google, Snapchat, Instagram, children, securityIsabella WardCondé NastBig Failhttps://www.wired.com/story/openai-navier-stokes-math-discovery-academics/6aa019df196e8ca64468263fTue, 08 Sep 2026 16:42:05 +0000A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety.BusinessBusiness / Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI, mathematics, Anthropic, artificial intelligenceWill Knight, Maxwell ZeffCondé NastMath Problemhttps://www.wired.com/story/who-cares-if-ai-is-conscious-its-basically-alive/6a99cf877b162d837701baf2Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.BusinessBusiness / Tech Culturephilosophy, consciousness, Backchannel - NL, artificial intelligence, Anthropic, OpenAISteven LevyCondé NastBackchannelhttps://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/6a986d06b7cf52d29b07f83aFri, 04 Sep 2026 00:40:06 +0000More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America.BusinessBusiness / Tech CultureBusiness / Regulationwikipedia, unions, Labor, JobsParesh DaveCondé NastLabor Entry