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05.15.26
BUSINESS
The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial
BY MAXWELL ZEFF AND PARESH DAVE | 6-MINUTE READ
A federal jury is now deciding whether Elon Musk will win his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman—but the trial has made everyone look bad.
An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta
BY PARESH DAVE | 3-MINUTE READ
Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity.
The US Is Using AI to Hunt Down Insider Trading on Polymarket
BY KATE KNIBBS | 3-MINUTE READ
CFTC chairman Michael Selig sat down with WIRED to discuss how the agency scours Polymarket and other prediction markets for illegal activity.
Mira Murati Wants Her AI to ‘Keep Humans in the Loop’
BY WILL KNIGHT | 2-MINUTE READ
The Thinking Machines Lab founder and former CTO of OpenAI tells WIRED she isn’t interested in automating people out of jobs. Instead, she’s building AI that can collaborate.
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UNCANNY VALLEY
Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
BY BRIAN BARRETT, ZOË SCHIFFER, AND LEAH FEIGER | 4-MINUTE READ
Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss how Donald Trump’s visit to China could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes couldn’t be higher.
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POLITICS
A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyways
BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT | 4-MINUTE READ
María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico.
SCIENCE
We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus
BY EMILY MULLIN | 1-MINUTE READ
There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.
CULTURE
It Sure Seems Like These Instagram Ads Want You to Do Cocaine
BY MILES KLEE | 5-MINUTE READ
From designer straws to magnet-sealed leather pouches, the platform is awash in products seemingly built for coke—despite Meta’s policies on drug paraphernalia.
