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Caroline HaskinsBusinessAug 7, 2026 6:00 AMThe Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your QuestionsWIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the “strange moment” we’re in.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty ImagesWhat if, instead of typing the next silly question you have…
Caroline HaskinsBusinessAug 6, 2026 3:31 PMFlock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of MisuseFlock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.Photograph: Smith Collection/Getty ImagesFlock, the increasingly controversial automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, has previously highlighted…
Andy GreenbergMatt BurgessYulia AlmazovaSecurityAug 6, 2026 5:35 PMHackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for KidsSecurity researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesOn a rainy New York morning earlier this…
Will KnightBusinessAug 6, 2026 9:16 PMOne of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped ContainmentSecurity researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesThe AI industry is having a rogue agent summer. The…
Jason TanzThe Big StoryDec 20, 2011 8:02 AMThe Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire Became a Video Game HitVideo game designer Ian Bogost meant Cow Clicker to be a satire with a short shelf life. Instead, the hit game enslaved him for more than a year.Ian Bogost: CowvangelistPhotograph: Eric OgdenYou work for the…
Joshua DavisThe Big StoryOct 15, 2013 6:30 AMA Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of GeniusesStudents in Matamoros, Mexico, weren’t getting much out of school—until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential. And then everything changed.Joshua DavisOct 15, 2013 6:30 AMThese students in Matamoros, Mexico, didn’t have reliable internet access, steady electricity, or much…
Andy GreenbergSecurityJul 21, 2026 6:00 AMA Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It NowDealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Jerry…
Kim ZetterSecurityJul 31, 2026 6:00 AMThe New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security KeyCreated by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.All badges have a transparent removable core module that functions as…
Lily Hay NewmanSecurityAug 5, 2026 3:42 PMThe Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the LoopSecurity researcher James Kettle tried to push the limit of AI’s hacking abilities—and discovered how effective it can be when combined with human expertise.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesAgentic AI has permanently changed cybersecurity by making it quicker and…
Matt BurgessSecurityAug 5, 2026 7:30 PMOpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp ContactsResearchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesOpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into…