POLITICS

The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies

By Tess Owen

Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.

BUSINESS

Muse Wonder Puts Meta Back at the AI Frontier

By Will Knight

Meta’s biggest model rivals the world’s best—and includes new features to keep agents from going off the rails.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

I Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally Fine

By Reece Rogers

My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.”

BUSINESS

What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country

By Caroline Haskins

WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flock’s pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers.

Alex Gibney’s Musk Has a Unique Perspective on Daddy Issues

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, agreed to be interviewed immediately.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Elon Musk Bragged About His Grok Lego Star Wars Haul. Then X Users Punked Him

By Jeremy White

Musk, we find your lack of security disturbing.

CULTURE

Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting

By Adam Morgan

Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.

SCIENCE

A New Anti-Aging Drug Looks to Turn Back the Clock on Skin Age

By Emily Mullin

After four weeks of using the cream, participants lowered the biological age of their skin by about two years on average.

We’re Picky About Water Bottles. You Should Be Too

By Boutayna Chokrane and Alexis Berger

A good reusable bottle should be easy to drink from, carry, and clean. Our favorites get the important stuff right.