How AI Battles Security Threats Without Humans

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.

When the AI bubble bursts, the nerds will do their best work.

Open source language models are crucial to AI innovation. Can open robotics models do the same for physical machines?

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

Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.

A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts. And it’s powered by—you guessed it—an AI chatbot.

Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.

US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

Screens might feel necessary. They’re not. If done right, the AI revolution will free us from their merciless tyranny.

I sound Korean—because I am Korean. Can AI make me sound American?

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

Next week, five teens from Palestine will head to Panama to compete in one of the world’s largest youth robotics competitions. The goal? To win—and then teach STEM to their peers displaced by the Israel-Hamas war.