17 Jul Watch Our Livestream Replay: Inside the AI Copyright Battles Curious about generative AI and copyright? On July 16, our writers answered your questions about this critical topic.
17 Jul Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped? The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid doing so now.
17 Jul ElliQ Review: An AI Companion Bot for Lonely Elders The AI-powered ElliQ robot and smart display aim to improve life for older folks living alone.
16 Jul Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders Mira Murati and several other former OpenAI researchers are behind the buzzy AI startup, now valued at $12 billion and officially out of stealth.
16 Jul I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.
16 Jul Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI’s o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta’s superintelligence lab. His colleague Hyung Won Chung is also joining Meta, a source tells WIRED.
15 Jul Best AirPods Pro Alternatives: AirPods for Android and More These excellent AirPod alternatives provide great features and versatility in a familiar package.
15 Jul GM’s Final EV Battery Strategy Copies China’s Playbook: Super Cheap Cells General Motors’ homemade version of the low-cost power option favored by China’s auto industry will hit three years before its super-energy-dense tech arrives—and could bring affordable US EVs sooner.
15 Jul It’s Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration’s failure to fulfill its promises.
14 Jul LG Gram Pro 16 (2025) Review: Thin Is Still In Thin is still in with this big update to LG’s impossibly light laptop line.