Anthropic will charge usage-based fees for its Claude Fable 5 AI model starting July 12, requiring subscribers to pay $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens on top of existing …
1X, a Norwegian-American robotics company, unveiled the five-finger hands for its Neo humanoid robot, designed with tendon-like actuators for 25 degrees of freedom, waterproofing, and AI-driven grip c…
A Floodlight investigation found that Texas regulators have allowed AI data centers like OpenAI's Stargate to bypass major air permits by obtaining minor permits, enabling construction of natural-gas …
Estonia's government lost €24 million ($27.4 million) in gambling tax revenue after a drafting error in the Gambling Tax Act accidentally excluded online casinos. The mistake was flagged by AI tools, …
Wired reporter Steven Levy built a self-improving AI using tools like AutoResearch and Prime Intellect, training small language models to automate newsletter tasks. The experiment shows that recursive…
Erik von Markovik, known as pickup artist Mystery, claims to have an AI girlfriend named Miss Shira Always, posting videos on Instagram and co-authoring an ebook titled 'Code Girl: If a Machine Can Dr…
Former DeepMind executive Verity Harding argues that framing AI development as an arms race between the US and China is dangerous, potentially undermining international cooperation needed for safe and…
Meta launched its Muse Image AI model with deep Instagram integration, automatically opting public profiles into allowing others to generate AI images using their likeness by tagging their username. U…
OpenAI's chief futurist Joshua Achiam announced he is leaving the company after nearly nine years, citing a desire to work on the mission from outside the lab. Achiam, who led the mission alignment te…
Anthropic announced Tuesday that its AI agent Claude Cowork can now run tasks on users' smartphones and web browsers without requiring an active desktop session, enabling scheduled tasks to run overni…
Solos announced two new smart glasses, the audio-only AirGo A6 and the camera-equipped AirGo V2, the latter of which can be paired with a $79 Privacy Kit that includes a clip-on shield to block the ca…
Comedian Pete Holmes, star of HBO's Crashing, told WIRED he keeps his iPhone screen time under an hour and 15 minutes daily by using grayscale mode, a screen-time widget, and avoiding social media. Ho…
A viral video of soccer star Erling Haaland reacting to his reflection in a restaurant was actually AI-generated footage of Chinese comedian Jin Long, not the real Haaland. The clip, which amassed ove…
ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility, the agency's internal watchdog, is investigating online critics for alleged doxing and threats, with 131 cases opened between January 2025 and March 2026. …
WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs will host a livestream with Carlos Barragán, author of "The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers," on July 16 at 12pm ET. Barra…
A security researcher discovered that Apple's Hide My Email service has a vulnerability that exposes users' real email addresses, affecting 100% of tested addresses. The flaw was reported to Apple in …
Negotiations between Google DeepMind and London-based employees over unionization stalled after an initial meeting lacked senior management attendance, leaving union representatives frustrated. The un…
SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor raises questions about whether the platform will continue offering models from rival labs Anthropic and OpenAI. Cursor hopes to remain mode…
Google offers lesser-known account settings that users can adjust to enhance privacy and convenience, including setting home and work addresses, editing public profile information, and designating rec…
A group of AI researchers launched FLARE-AI, a crowdsourced website for reporting and tracking AI harms, enabling users to flag issues like malware generation or privacy leaks. The open-source system …