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Here’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced

Many AI researchers seem to firmly believe that the technology they are developing could someday prove very dangerous. What’s less clear—even among AI’s technical elite—is precisely how to keep these mercurial algorithms...

If the AI Industry Followed Its Own Research, It Might Have Paused Already

In early 2025 I was interviewing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei when he explained why, despite the company’s repeated acknowledgments that AI could yield catastrophic results, people seemed largely unperturbed. “There is compelling...

Warren Buffett steps down as chair of Berkshire Hathaway after over 50 years

Warren Buffett is stepping down as chair of Berkshire Hathaway, the company that he took from a faltering textile manufacturer into a $1tn conglomerate over the course of 60 years. Buffett’s son, Howard,...

Workers in New York seek to create first AutoZone union as company resists

Workers at an AutoZone in White Plains, New York, are seeking to become the first store at the US’s largest auto parts retailer to win a union election, set to begin 25...

Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?

In 2026, as DEI and woke were declared over, WIRED set out to investigate the state of gender in Silicon Valley. As tech titans embraced Trump and the right, as Mark Zuckerberg...

Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers

Napster is back. The name that struck fear into the hearts of music executives in the early dotcom era may be coming to a classroom near you. In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it...

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