Category Archives: Business

Livestream: Welcome to the Chinese Century

Join our livestream — and pose a question to WIRED’s panel of experts — on China’s dominance, influence, and how it is rewriting the future.

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The Real AI Talent War Is for Plumbers and Electricians

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.

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Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI

The news is a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about what happened.

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Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet

The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.

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AI’s Hacking Skills Are Approaching an ‘Inflection Point’

AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built.

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China’s Hottest App Is a Daily Test of Whether You’re Still Alive

Are You Dead Yet soared to the top of app-store charts and became a magnet for investors. In an exclusive interview with WIRED, one of its creators says they’re changing the name anyway.

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Reid Hoffman Wants Silicon Valley to ‘Stand Up’ Against the Trump Administration

The LinkedIn cofounder and frequent Trump target has a simple message for his peers: “Just speak up about the things that you think are true.”

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OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents

To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.

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Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.

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X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.

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