Europe Is Fed Up and Wants Its Own AI

It’s a stretch to think that the continent can build a top-tier model, but it has an advantage: Donald Trump.

Prediction Market Philosophers Got What They Wanted. They’re Not Happy About It

Getting the future right is now big business. But at a festival in Berkeley, forecasters worry that sports markets could take the whole industry down.

Meta’s AI Workers Are Revolting, Peter Thiel’s Secret Society, and SBF’s Plea to Trump

On today’s Uncanny Valley, we dive into the dysfunction in Meta’s newly formed AI unit and why it’s been driving already-low employee morale even further into the ground.

Silicon Valley’s Elite Financial Advisers Say This Era of Wealth Is Different

The rich are getting richer. Here’s what wealth advisers are telling their tech clients right now.

Elon Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire

SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.

Crypto Guys Bought the Answer to the CIA’s Mysterious Kryptos Sculpture

They swear they haven’t peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they’ll keep the cryptographic competition going.

Has Microsoft Lost Its Mojo (Again)?

Microsoft’s AI products aren’t selling and Github’s been plagued with troubles. WIRED spoke with VP Scott Hanselman about whether the company is in catch-up mode.

The Vatican’s Man Inside Anthropic

Pope Leo XIV may not be able to disarm AI, but he’s got the attention of the industry.

Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search

The search giant’s AI-crafted answers are so convenient, you’ll be sucked in—to the detriment of the web and the artists and thinkers behind it.

Companies Keep Slashing Employees’ Benefits for the Worst Reasons

Workers are getting worse health care, parental leave, and retirement benefits, showing once and for all that your job doesn’t love you back.