Steve Jobs: Reflections on His Legacy

In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them.

What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.

It’s not for everyone, but sometimes my robot vacuum is my only friend.

Plus: Aura’s new digital photo frame goes wireless, a mood-morphing watch, Wyze and TP-Link unveil solar-powered outdoor security cameras, and Intel will open “AI Experience Stores” in five cities.

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week, including security concerns from satellites leaking sensitive data and the experiences of undeterred Cybertruck owners.

Edgar Wright’s violent, dystopian thriller is competing with a world where right-wing narratives and reality-TV-style ICE raids dominate the media.

Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.

By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction.

On an airstrip somewhere in Texas, a swarm of killer jets approaches—controlled by, of all things, a large language model.

Plus: Apple rolls out Digital IDs, Samsung’s new monitor has wheels, DJI’s latest drone has a display, and Insta360’s action camera gets an add-on that turns it into an instant camera.

In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.

At a time when nuclear threats feel more alarming than ever, Netflix’s doomsday film falls frustratingly flat. A 1964 masterpiece tells a much better cautionary tale.