Wired.com AI
- by Boone AshworthA long day’s haul in the video game slop mines.
- by Lily Hay Newman, Matt BurgessAnti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims.
- by Adam MorganWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
- by Ej DicksonIn its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.
Wired.com Business
- by Steven LevyApple’s original music player got many things right. Chief among them: It didn’t connect to the internet.
- by Zoë Schiffer, Leah FeigerThis week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo.
- by Zoë SchifferJessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.
- by Kate Taylor“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
Music
- by Shaad D’SouzaEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the iconoclastic trio’s embattled and cathartic 2006 album: a swan song for the artists’ imperial phase and for their bitterly fractured country.
- by Stephen Thomas ErlewineA rare glimpse into the artist’s legendary and largely untapped vault of unreleased music presents four stunning outtakes from a hot streak that remains unparalleled in pop history.
- by Walden GreenWith new songs that rank among his very best, the Geese frontman’s solo live album is an exquisite rendering of a had-to-be-there night and a work of real-time mythmaking.
- by Stephen KearseThe third album in Richards’ trilogy dedicated to her hometown is a celebration of New Orleans’ dynamism: colorful, communal, triumphantly on the move.
- by Enzo EscoberThe pop singer’s dynamic but uneven third record provides a portrait of semi-reformed adulthood, powered mostly by her sheer charisma and impressive voice.
- by Laura SnapesThe London band wastes a great title on a second album of garish agit-rave punk that’s larded with references and desperately short on ideas.
- by Sasha GeffenOver a decade since its debut, the shoegaze trio fronted by Grouper’s Liz Harris returns for a brisk new album with its eyes trained on the sky.