AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill
Peak has sold millions of copies and is Aggro Crab’s biggest hit to date. That makes it a prime target for cloning.
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xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI was on the list—until MechaHilter happened.
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
The new version of ChatGPT explains why it won’t generate rule-breaking outputs. WIRED’s initial analysis found that some guardrails were easy to circumvent.
Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals
Halfway to its 2030 net-zero goal, Apple faces slow and hold-out suppliers, a tariffs scramble, and an AI race that could profoundly impact eco-friendly ambitions.
An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU
The Cleveland Clinic and startup Piramidal are developing an AI model trained on brain wave data to monitor intensive care patients.
Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?
Discord users are already using video game characters to bypass the UK’s age-check laws. AI deepfakes could make things even more complicated.
These Democrats Think the Party Needs AI to Win Elections
The National Democratic Training Committee has made the first official playbook for the use of AI by Democratic campaigns ahead of the midterms.
How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra
WIRED talked with one of the most influential voices in computer science about the potential for AI and quantum to supercharge supercomputers.
Confessions of a Recovering AI Porn Addict
A “gooner” tells WIRED he became hooked on the cartoonish nature of AI porn. Several addictions experts say the genre could pose a problem for people prone to compulsive sexual…
Google’s Newest AI Model Acts like a Satellite to Track Climate Change
Part of Google Earth Engine, AlphaEarth Foundations is a chip off Google’s DeepMind AI block—and it’s here to help save the world.