Lossmaking start-up commits to spending close to $1.5tn as it gobbles up processing power

In a week when Nvidia’s value reached $5tn, investors in even the broadest index of global companies are now heavily exposed to the AI boom

The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet present a new challenge for media companies that want to limit AI access.

The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness?

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves.

What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.

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

Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?

All of us, no matter what our circumstances, have the ability to be more wise, more just, more courageous and more moderate Feeling not so great about being in the world right now? Uncertain and anxious about the future? Older cultures have left behind maps and guides for living in uncertain times, whether it be through texts, philosophies, religions or letters. Continue reading...

Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections

European Commission initial finding says mechanisms to report and remove illegal content may be ineffective Instagram and Facebook have breached EU law by failing to provide users with simple ways to flag illegal content including child sexual abuse material and terrorist content, the European Commission has said. In preliminary finding on Friday, the EU’s executive body said Meta, the $1.8tn California company that runs the social media services, had introduced unnecessary steps in processes for users to submit reports. Continue reading...

The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.

In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them.

The AI giant has lost its imagination.

Survey by Internet Matters finds children being left worried and upset by content showing shootings, stabbings and war More than half of children who get news from social media are left worried and upset after seeing content that involves war, violence and death, according to new research that found social media companies are “pushing” distressing news to children who are not seeking it. Videos of the murder of Charlie Kirk, the Liverpool parade car-ramming attack, scenes from wars, shootings, stabbings and car crashes have recently been pushed into children’s feeds, research by Internet Matters, an online safety organisation, has found. As a result, 39% of those who saw distressing content described themselves as very or extremely upset and worried by it. Continue reading...

Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.

ChatGPT-maker’s tool will integrate the popular chatbot in a challenge to Google and Microsoft

The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of gross indecency. On Thursday, the British Library will hand over a symbolic new card to his grandson.

Who can blame them?

Looking to steer kids away from screens and social media, more families are going analog.

New data shows the ways millions have integrated the technology into their everyday lives

Parents worry about the risks of social media - but the next big risk for teens may be chatbots that feel too human.