A New York Times spokesperson told WIRED in a statement that Brooks “regularly attends events to speak with noted and important business leaders to inform his columns” and that Brooks had no contact with Epstein before or after attending the 2011 dinner where the photo was taken.A representative for the Gates Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did representatives for Google, Allen, Chomsky, and Bannon’s War Room podcast.The release also includes close-ups of women’s body parts with quotes from Vladimir Nabokov’s book Lolita scrawled onto them, a photo of a pill bottle labeled with a…
President Donald Trump signed a highly anticipated executive order on Thursday that sets in motion a plan to establish a national regulatory framework for artificial intelligence while undercutting states’ abilities to enact their own rules.The order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” creates an AI litigation task…
A Virginia startup calling itself Operation Bluebird announced this week that it has filed a formal petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office, asking the federal agency to cancel X Corporation’s trademarks of the words “Twitter” and “tweet” since X has allegedly abandoned them.“The TWITTER and TWEET brands have…
Pluribus is certainly the new Severance in terms of week-to-week discussion of a bizarre sci-fi mystery, but now it’s comparable in another way as well. First, Pluribus became Apple TV’s biggest drama series launch ever, passing up Severance season 2, but now the streamer has just announced that it’s actually…
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.2, its smartest artificial intelligence model yet, with performance gains across writing, coding, and reasoning benchmarks. The launch comes just days after CEO Sam Altman internally declared a “code red,” a company-wide push to improve ChatGPT amid intense competition from rivals.“We announced this code red to really…
Plume has announced it has joined the Connectivity Standards Alliance as a Participant Member.Now, that all sounds a bit businessy, but it could mean a big boost for the smart home, as the CSA is home to both Matter and Zigbee, which both play a big role in powering our…
Julie Bornstein thought it would be a cinch to implement her idea for an AI startup. Her résumé in digital commerce is impeccable: VP of ecommerce at Nordstrom, COO of the startup Stitch Fix, and founder of a personalized shopping platform acquired by Pinterest. Fashion has been her obsession since…
MITRE doesn’t crown winners. It doesn’t score products. And it doesn’t endorse vendors. That hasn’t stopped a familiar ritual from playing out each year when the MITRE ATT&CK® Enterprise Evaluation results are released: every vendor with a recognizable name finds a way to claim victory.Some highlight specific phases of the…
One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the dirt and flatbed trucks shuttle to and fro. A hangar-like structure with a gleaming…
Updated on Dec. 9 with another message attack now targeting users.America’s cyber defense agency now warns Google, Microsoft and Apple users to secure their accounts — change passwords, remove SMS two-factor authentication and add passkeys. But hackers are quickly evolving their attacks. Even a message from Google, Apple or Microsoft…
Alex Komoroske has always been at odds with Big Tech’s darker side. Though he cut his product-management teeth at Google and Stripe, he was never comfortable with the industry’s increasing prioritization of profits over people. Once during his time at Google, he extolled the societal benefits of a project only…
Unlike the impressive base iPhone 17, Apple’s iPhone Air has faced some early struggles with limited demand from buyers. But a new report suggests that lack of interest has translated into a historically low resale value for the ultra slim phone.Smartphone price comparison website, SellCell, has compiled resale data from…
The Trump administration may think regulation is crippling the AI industry, but one of the industry’s biggest players doesn’t agree.At WIRED’s Big Interview event on Thursday, Anthropic president and cofounder Daniela Amodei told WIRED editor at large Steven Levy that even though Trump’s AI and crypto czar, David Sacks, may…
Every year I conduct a year end review to understand the patterns that shaped our cybersecurity landscape. 2025 was very different. Things broke. Critical systems failed. Government oversight shifted in real time. Most importantly, Washington introduced a true enforcement mechanism for cybersecurity with meaningful financial consequences. The Department of Defense,…
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a cleaner way to make ammonia, some of the brightest young scientists in North America, magnetically charging your care, and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.Ammonia is a crucial ingredient for the planet’s food supply—more…
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It all began, as many things do, with Elon Musk. In the…
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OpenAI employees in San Francisco were told to stay inside the office…
