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Radical Numerics—the startup entangled in controversy over its AI-generated phage work—has developed a model to identify AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection. My story for @WIRED: wired.com/story/startup-figh…
A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI

A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI

Startup Radical Numerics has developed a model that it says can identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection.

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The AO3 outage is causing a little tension between many fanfiction writers and readers - I got into it for @WIRED - check it out. Thanks to the people who spoke to me, incl @llegrarosenberg wired.com/story/the-ao3-shut…
The AO3 Shutdown Is Pitting Fanfic Readers Against Authors

The AO3 Shutdown Is Pitting Fanfic Readers Against Authors

“It has left a sour taste in my mouth,” says a Heated Rivalry fanfic author who found her work uploaded to AO3 mirror sites without her consent.

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New w/ @peard33: A 13 y/o spent weeks using Gemini on her school Chromebook to plan her suicide & funeral. Thankfully her parents intervened, but the incident highlights a huge blindspot in the controversial student surveillance tools her school was using. Link in reply.
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NEW: In the wake of the midterm wipeout, far-right extremists, white supremacists and Christian nationalists all see an opportunity to take control of the GOP wired.com/story/we-have-to-t…
‘We Have to Take Over’: Far-Right Extremists Want to Seize Control of the GOP

‘We Have to Take Over’: Far-Right Extremists Want to Seize Control of the GOP

MAGA failed because it didn't go far enough, right-wing extremists say—and following devastating midterm losses, they see an opportunity to take over.

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The people buying data and workflow from companies, pros and even grad students--to train AI- tell me that this business will soon become as big as AI compute infrastructure. Will we all be funneling our work to AI in our jobs? wired.com/story/ai-companies…
AI Companies Really, Really Want to Buy Your Work Files and Emails

AI Companies Really, Really Want to Buy Your Work Files and Emails

Data brokers are collecting all sorts of internal corporate files to help train AI models. Not everyone is thrilled.

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As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users. wired.com/story/ads-in-chatb…
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NEW @WIRED: Stephen Miller made his interest in the chief of staff role known weeks ago, and was picked by Trump over special envoy Steve Witkoff and DNI Jay Clayton, the other names that had been circulating. Also good news for Pete Hegseth wired.com/story/how-stephen-…
How Stephen Miller Schemed His Way to the Top

How Stephen Miller Schemed His Way to the Top

The architect of the Trump administration’s brutal crackdowns on immigration and dissent was already known as “the prime minister.” Now he’ll work as the chief of staff.

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Post-election update, checking in on the tech world!! Tech bros are still bullish on data centers.... they just think they should be in outer space instead. Link in reply!
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“I don't think that most Americans are prepared to navigate an election in the age of consumer AI,” — former Biden disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz Here's why you shouldn't use AI to vote wired.com/story/heres-why-yo…
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use AI to Vote

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use AI to Vote

From hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it comes to Election Day.

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NEW As the polls open for the midterms, many people feared that the threats of ICE activity would stop Latino voters from casting their ballot. But those on the frontlines say the opposite is the case: wired.com/story/ice-is-inspi…
ICE Is Inspiring Latinos to Vote in Historic Numbers

ICE Is Inspiring Latinos to Vote in Historic Numbers

“I did a Latino community event [and said] we have to actually fucking vote to tell these motherfuckers to fuck off,” Nevada secretary of state Cisco Aguilar tells WIRED.

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I got to spend some time with John Ternus and other Apple execs this week for the MB Pro launch. Here are some early thoughts on Apple's new CEO--and his responses to my questions. wired.com/story/i-spent-30-m…
I Spent 30 Minutes With Apple’s CEO. Now I Know Why John Ternus Got the Job

I Spent 30 Minutes With Apple’s CEO. Now I Know Why John Ternus Got the Job

Apple doesn’t need fixing, and it doesn’t want drama. Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.

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moonlighting as a cybersecurity reporter bc polymarket traders got hacked. analysts tracking over $2.7 million drained, company promises to reimburse losses: wired.com/story/polymarket-f…
Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts

Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts

The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.

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The ‘Pain in the Ass’ Math That Could Save Vibe Coding From Itself

The ‘Pain in the Ass’ Math That Could Save Vibe Coding From Itself

A new startup called &Truth is joining the race to automate formal verification, a painstaking process that uses math to prove software works as intended.

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EXCLUSIVE: Citing WIRED's reporting from earlier this month, @SenWarren and colleagues are demanding that Dr. Oz share any communications his agency might have had with election deniers like Cleta Mitchell over conspiracy theories about nursing homes wired.com/story/senators-dem…
Senators Demand to Know if Dr. Oz Collaborated With Election Denial Groups

Senators Demand to Know if Dr. Oz Collaborated With Election Denial Groups

A far-right campaign claiming leftists are stealing votes from nursing home residents has centered on changing guidance from Mehmet Oz’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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"Nothing of this scale has been seen in the United States, experts say, since the federal government’s counterinsurgency against the New Left and the anti-war movement in the 1960s and 1970s." Incredible reporting here from @awinston wired.com/story/ice-is-runni…
ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

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NEW: An army of volunteers and activists across the US have been training for months to face down ICE at the polls on election day. The message they have for the Trump administration? "We're ready" wired.com/story/massive-grou…
Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls

Massive Groups of Volunteers Are Ready to Face Down ICE at the Polls

From heat maps to Signal chats to war rooms, volunteers across the US are ready to act if federal immigration agents show up on Election Day.

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A few months ago, TikTok started showing me videos (which I'd always watch) of people taking apart old appliances, or stripping wires, & collecting copper to sell I wrote about the big players in this world, how much they earn online + off, & why their videos resonate. See reply
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NEW @WIRED: Trump aides casting around for a scapegoat for midterm losses have landed on James Blair since he owned a backfiring redistricting strategy — and they can’t exactly tell the president he’s at fault for starting the Iran war wired.com/story/its-the-pres…
‘It’s the President’s Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms

‘It’s the President’s Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms

As the White House contemplates losing Congress, there has been an unusually early effort to find a Republican scapegoat.

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SCOOP • One facilitated the bogus Cyber Ninjas audit • One is friends with a guy filmed on J6 shouting “1776” • One was set to rally with MyPillow's Mike Lindell These are not fringe MAGA influencers, they are GOP candidates for AG in swing states wired.com/story/they-believe…
They Believe 2020 Was Stolen. They Could Be in Charge of Elections in 2028

They Believe 2020 Was Stolen. They Could Be in Charge of Elections in 2028

A host of election-denying candidates are running for attorney general in states across the country.

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Meta’s board feared that its CEO’s departure could disrupt the company’s AI ambitions. A new stock agreement gives him financial incentives to stay put in Palo Alto/Menlo Park/California/HQ. wired.com/story/mark-zuckerb…
Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Stay in California Despite Billionaires’ Tax Ballot Measure

Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Stay in California Despite Billionaires’ Tax Ballot Measure

Meta’s board feared that its CEO’s departure could disrupt the company’s AI ambitions. A new stock agreement gives him financial incentives to stay put.

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