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A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month shocked the academic community and is stoking fears that Chinese-born scholars are being targeted.
OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding
GPT 4.1, GPT 4.1 Mini, and GPT 4.1 Nano are all available now—and will help OpenAI compete with Google and Anthropic.
The Subjective Charms of Objective-C
The verbose programming language felt like a universal form of communication—until it didn’t.
Hugging Face Acquires Pollen Robotics to Unleash Open Source AI Robots
Hugging Face has acquired the open source robot startup Pollen Robotics to help “democratize” robotics.
Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US
American companies that make everything from keychains to mattresses say Chinese manufacturing is superior, and tariffs won’t be enough to shift production to the United States.
FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake
The blockbuster antitrust case begins Monday. Its outcome could impact how Big Tech companies grow—but the government has a long way to go to prove its case.
The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes
Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply—and who will enforce them.
What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts look at the impacts this trade war will have on the products we all use and how you can best navigate this new normal.
Where Were Big Tech’s CEOs on Tariffs?
Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic.
Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages
Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse.
Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power
President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.
Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files
Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Union leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.
BYD Launches Denza in Europe—Another Mighty Impressive EV Brand the US Won’t Get
BYD’s premium sub-brand is all set to take on Audi, BMW, and Mercedes with its crab-walking, blowout-beating Z9GT leading the charge.
The AI Agent Era Requires a New Kind of Game Theory
Zico Kolter, a Carnegie Mellon professor and board member at OpenAI, tells WIRED about the dangers of AI agents interacting with one another—and why models need to be more resistant to attacks.
The AI Race Has Gotten Crowded—and China Is Closing In on the US
New research from Stanford suggests artificial intelligence isn’t ruled by just OpenAI and Google, as competition increases across the US, China, and France.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival
While the White House carved out a narrow exemption for some semiconductor imports, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs still apply to GPUs and chipmaking equipment.
President Trump’s War on ‘Information Silos’ Is Bad News for Your Personal Data
Donald Trump’s March 20 executive order aims to eliminate data silos. It could undermine privacy in the process.
Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry
Apple, Amazon, and other tech companies reliant on global supply chains stand to lose the most from President Trump’s trade policies, but some software firms expect more demand for their services.
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence
A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots.
This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics
The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still deeply uncertain.
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free
It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’
The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Release an ‘Open Weight’ AI Model This Summer
The news follows the breakout success of DeepSeek and growing pressure from rivals like Meta.
Amazon’s AGI Lab Reveals Its First Work: Advanced AI Agents
Led by a former OpenAI executive, Amazon’s AI lab focuses on the decisionmaking capabilities of next-generation software agents—and borrows insights from physical robots.
Trump’s Trade War Pushes Canadian Tech Workers to Rethink Silicon Valley
Canada’s top tech talent has long moved to the US for better opportunities, but Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats are raising questions about how to build a stronger ecosystem at home.
Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’
Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.
Elon Musk’s xAI Acquires X, Because of Course
Social platform X struggled after Elon Musk took over, but its fortunes improved dramatically after US President Donald Trump won reelection. Now it will be become part of Musk’s AI startup xAI.
Anthropic’s Claude Is Good at Poetry—and Bullshitting
Researchers looked inside the chatbot’s “brain.” The results were surprisingly chilling.
If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born
The brother goes on vision quests. The sister is a former English major. Together, they defected from OpenAI, started Anthropic, and built (they say) AI’s most upstanding citizen, Claude.
Unpacking ‘Good Quests,’ Christianity, and Caviar Bumps
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts ask what impact religion will have on Silicon Valley.
Inside Maye Musk’s Cozy Relationship With China
As Elon Musk continues to expand his political power in the US, his mother has repeatedly traveled to China to speak at events, model for Chinese brands, and promote Tesla.
Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.
How Extropic Plans to Unseat Nvidia
Challenging the world’s most successful chipmaker with an entirely new type of computer chip may seem absurd—but it is no more ridiculous than the AI race itself.
I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to ‘Squid Game.’ It Nearly Broke Me
I spent 10 days competing in Crypto: The Game, a winner-takes-all contest where hundreds of players try to finesse and backstab their way to claiming a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
The Best Programming Language for the End of the World
Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.
The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack
One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.
Databricks Has a Trick That Lets AI Models Improve Themselves
Using several recent innovations, the company Databricks will let customers boost the IQ of their AI models even if they don’t have squeaky clean data.
Trump Admin Plans to Cut Team Responsible for Critical Atomic Measurement Data
As the Trump administration continues its efforts to slash the US federal workforce, the team responsible for publishing data used in advanced research in astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and other fields appears to be on the chopping block.
‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?
“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla’s polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?
RISC Architecture Really Did Change Everything
“RISC architecture is gonna change everything.” Those absurdly geeky, incredibly prophetic words were spoken 30 years ago. Today, they’re somehow truer than ever.
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your genetic data.
How Software Engineers Actually Use AI
We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.
Quantum Computing Is Dead. Long Live Quantum Computing!
Schrödinger’s cat is alive and dead at the same time. Ironically enough, so is quantum computing.
The Weight of the Internet Will Shock You
Depending on who you ask, the internet weighs no more than a potato, a strawberry—or something much, much smaller. WIRED investigates.
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical Computers
Guillaume Verdon is building a new kind of chip to accelerate AI. His alter ego wants to accelerate humanity itself.