Boone Ashworth
@boone.bsky.social
Staff writer @Wired.com I cover any tech that is weird and/or on fire. Scream at me on Signal at boone.10
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New: In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman tells me his $50M donation to Trump and AI Super PACs was part of an effort to make sure AI benefits all of humanity.
However, he acknowledges AI is not very popular with humanity right now. www.wired.com/story/openai...
However, he acknowledges AI is not very popular with humanity right now. www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
New: In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman tells me his $50M donation to Trump and AI Super PACs was part of an effort to make sure AI benefits all of humanity.
However, he acknowledges AI is not very popular with humanity right now. www.wired.com/story/openai...
However, he acknowledges AI is not very popular with humanity right now. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated millions to super PACs aligned with President Trump -- much to the dismay of many inside the company.
He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being "team humanity."
Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social
He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being "team humanity."
Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says his political donations support OpenAI's mission—even if some employees at the company disagree.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated millions to super PACs aligned with President Trump -- much to the dismay of many inside the company.
He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being "team humanity."
Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social
He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being "team humanity."
Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social
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If you're currently a student at a college with a faculty member who showed up in the Epstein files, I'd like to talk to you about the campus response for an article. You can reach me at miles_klee@wired.com or millionbear.44 on Signal.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
If you're currently a student at a college with a faculty member who showed up in the Epstein files, I'd like to talk to you about the campus response for an article. You can reach me at miles_klee@wired.com or millionbear.44 on Signal.
"I was hoping a swarm of AI agents would see my fresh meatsuit, friendly and available at the low price of $20 an hour, as an excellent option for delivering stuff around San Francisco"
@thiccreese.bsky.social always on that "what could possibly go wrong" beat
www.wired.com/story/i-trie...
@thiccreese.bsky.social always on that "what could possibly go wrong" beat
www.wired.com/story/i-trie...
I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups
Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI hype machine.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"I was hoping a swarm of AI agents would see my fresh meatsuit, friendly and available at the low price of $20 an hour, as an excellent option for delivering stuff around San Francisco"
@thiccreese.bsky.social always on that "what could possibly go wrong" beat
www.wired.com/story/i-trie...
@thiccreese.bsky.social always on that "what could possibly go wrong" beat
www.wired.com/story/i-trie...
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It’s been really fun to watch Bad Bunny’s “plant people” go viral. That was by design. The team behind Left Shark also came up with the idea to have the grasses be people. Production designer Bruce Rodgers had a feeling they’d get memed. He just knows these things.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
It’s been really fun to watch Bad Bunny’s “plant people” go viral. That was by design. The team behind Left Shark also came up with the idea to have the grasses be people. Production designer Bruce Rodgers had a feeling they’d get memed. He just knows these things.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
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Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS.
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS.
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
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“Ideally, we would change that paradigm and make less waste,” Love says. “But while we're making that much waste, let's divert some of it. Let's use it.”
NEW from @boone.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
NEW from @boone.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers
Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 AM
“Ideally, we would change that paradigm and make less waste,” Love says. “But while we're making that much waste, let's divert some of it. Let's use it.”
NEW from @boone.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
NEW from @boone.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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NEW: Salesforce employees are circulating a letter urging CEO Marc Benioff to denounce ICE www.wired.com/story/letter...
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE
The letter comes after Benioff joked at a company event on Monday that ICE was monitoring international employees in attendance, sparking immediate backlash.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
NEW: Salesforce employees are circulating a letter urging CEO Marc Benioff to denounce ICE www.wired.com/story/letter...
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Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE’s physical presence across the US. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE’s physical presence across the US. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
people out here doing the ultimate sick vape tricks
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers
Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
people out here doing the ultimate sick vape tricks
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
hey nice State Farm superbowl commercial, please keep in mind that State Farm makes disaster victims catalog every single item in their destroyed homes but then lowballs them on the value so they don't get their full policies
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Delays, lowballs, outright denials’: how the LA wildfires have exposed the US’s broken insurance industry
Insurance practices in an age of climate volatility raise troubling questions about home ownership and housing affordability – the bedrock of the American middle class
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
hey nice State Farm superbowl commercial, please keep in mind that State Farm makes disaster victims catalog every single item in their destroyed homes but then lowballs them on the value so they don't get their full policies
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.
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SCOOP from me in this week’s @wired.com Inner Loop newsletter: A look inside a forum where users claiming to be ICE/CBP vent their frustrations and concerns about their jobs.
“This is going to be a train wreck that we may not survive.”
www.wired.com/story/inside...
“This is going to be a train wreck that we may not survive.”
www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs
“I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
SCOOP from me in this week’s @wired.com Inner Loop newsletter: A look inside a forum where users claiming to be ICE/CBP vent their frustrations and concerns about their jobs.
“This is going to be a train wreck that we may not survive.”
www.wired.com/story/inside...
“This is going to be a train wreck that we may not survive.”
www.wired.com/story/inside...
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NEW: “Here are the biggest names in tech that appear in the highest number of Epstein files—and what they say about how interwoven those relationships were.”
Worth reading and sharing widely👇🏻
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
Worth reading and sharing widely👇🏻
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
The Tech Elites in the Epstein Files
The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million documents and photos related to Jeffrey Epstein. Here’s who shows up from Big Tech the most often—and what the files reveal.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM
NEW: “Here are the biggest names in tech that appear in the highest number of Epstein files—and what they say about how interwoven those relationships were.”
Worth reading and sharing widely👇🏻
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
Worth reading and sharing widely👇🏻
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
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As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus
As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
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We’re launching a pop-up newsletter to keep tabs on everything going on with ICE - including @wired.com reporting and essential coverage from other outlets, plus analysis to help you make sense of the chaos.
Sign up here, first edition next week:
Sign up here, first edition next week:
Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus
As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.
www.wired.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
We’re launching a pop-up newsletter to keep tabs on everything going on with ICE - including @wired.com reporting and essential coverage from other outlets, plus analysis to help you make sense of the chaos.
Sign up here, first edition next week:
Sign up here, first edition next week:
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lmao this is what happens if you have the audacity to plan a date night using “ai agents”
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
lmao this is what happens if you have the audacity to plan a date night using “ai agents”
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
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"As we watch the least effective and most morally objectionable of our tactics come home and be used amongst and against us, we are left with a profound feeling of betrayal."
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"As we watch the least effective and most morally objectionable of our tactics come home and be used amongst and against us, we are left with a profound feeling of betrayal."
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
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Independent Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort was arrested early on Jan. 30 in connection with her documenting an anti-ICE demonstration in a St. Paul church during a service on Jan. 18.
Journalists Georgia Fort, Don Lemon among 4 arrested over protest during St. Paul church service
The arrests are tied to a demonstration at a church that has a pastor who is also an ICE official.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Independent Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort was arrested early on Jan. 30 in connection with her documenting an anti-ICE demonstration in a St. Paul church during a service on Jan. 18.
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We analyzed ticket sales for nearly 1,400 opening day screenings of Melania at theaters across the US. These are the only two that were sold out. from @regret.bsky.social
We Found Two Theaters With Sold-Out ‘Melania’ Opening Day Screenings
A WIRED analysis of nearly 1,400 Friday showtimes of Melania found only two with no tickets available. Both are before 3 pm.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
We analyzed ticket sales for nearly 1,400 opening day screenings of Melania at theaters across the US. These are the only two that were sold out. from @regret.bsky.social
Google might be winning the AI war. Now it’s just got to figure out how to look cute doing it. @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s Smart Glasses Will Have the Best Software. But They’ll Have to Win on Style Too
When Google releases its smart glasses in the coming months, the strength of its AI-powered software will be its biggest leg up on its rivals. But will people want to be seen wearing them?
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Google might be winning the AI war. Now it’s just got to figure out how to look cute doing it. @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
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NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions.
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions.
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...