Category Archives: Business

China Dives in on the World’s First Wind-Powered Undersea Data Center

The $226 million project uses ocean breezes and seawater to stay cool.

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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points

The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.

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OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week

OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.

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Rise of the Killer Chatbots

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

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Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI

He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.

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The Worst Thing About AI Is That People Can’t Shut Up About It

A plea from WIRED’s top boss: Say less.

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The Argument for Letting AI Burn It All Down

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

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AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All

I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.

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Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

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Sora Has Lost Its App Store Crown to Drake and Free Chicken

Dave’s Hot Chicken is the top app in the iOS App Store, ending Sora’s weeks-long reign.

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